Synonyms for break apart

Verb

1. disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart, destroy, destruct

usage: take apart into its constituent pieces

2. crash, break up, break apart, disintegrate

usage: break violently or noisily; smash;

3. disunify, break apart, separate, part, split up, split, break, break up

usage: break up or separate; "The country is disunifying"; "Yugoslavia broke apart after 1989"