split up

1. (verb) get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage; "The couple divorced after only 6 months"
Synonyms: divorce
Related Words: break, break up, part, separate, split, split up

2. (verb) become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart"
Synonyms: break, come apart, fall apart, separate
Related Words: break open, break up, burst, bust, change integrity, crack, crush, fragment, fragmentize, ladder, puncture, run, snap, split

3. (noun) an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity; "they announced a two-for-one split of the common stock"
Synonyms: split, stock split
Related Words: increase, step-up

4. (verb) 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"
Synonyms: break, break up, part, separate, split
Related Words: break, break apart, break away, break with, disjoint, dissassociate, dissociate, disunify, disunite, divorce, secede, splinter, split up

5. (verb) separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"
Synonyms: carve up, dissever, divide, separate, split
Related Words: balkanize, break, canton, change integrity, format, initialize, lot, paragraph, parcel, sliver, splinter, triangulate, unitize



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