English verb: break apart | |||
1. | break apart (creation) take apart into its constituent pieces | ||
Synonyms | break up, disassemble, dismantle, take apart | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | destroy, destruct | ||
Antonyms | assemble, put together, tack together, piece, set up, tack | ||
2. | break apart (contact) break violently or noisily; smash | ||
Synonyms | break up, crash | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | disintegrate | ||
Verb group | crash | ||
3. | break apart (change) break up or separate | ||
Samples | The country is disunifying. Yugoslavia broke apart after 1989. | ||
Synonyms | disunify | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | break, break up, part, separate, split, split up | ||
Antonyms | merge, unify, unite | ||