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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 | ||
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