break up

to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"

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"

come apart; "the group broke up"

break violently or noisily; smash;

make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages"

cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water"

suffer a nervous breakdown

take apart into its constituent pieces

destroy the completeness of a set of related items; "The book dealer would not break the set"

set or keep apart; "sever a relationship"

attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example; "Pick open the ice"

release ice; "The icebergs and glaciers calve"

close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned"

bring the association of to an end or cause to break up; "The decree officially dissolved the marriage"; "the judge dissolved the tobacco company"

come to an end; "Their marriage dissolved"; "The tobacco monopoly broke up"

break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented"

cause to separate; "break up kidney stones"; "disperse particles"

separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts

laugh unrestrainedly