· separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"

Synonym(s): divide, split_up, separate, dissever, carve_up

Hypernym(s): change_integrity

· separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone"

Synonym(s): cleave, rive

Hypernym(s): tear

· discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up"

Synonym(s): separate, part, split_up, break, break_up

· go one's own way; move apart; "The friends separated after the party"

Synonym(s): separate, part

Hypernym(s): move

· come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure; "The bubble burst"

Synonym(s): burst, break_open

Hypernym(s): break, separate, split_up, fall_apart, come_apart

· resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree; "the tree split with a great ripping sound"; "heard a rending roar as the crowd surged forward"

Synonym(s): rending, ripping