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v. 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"

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detach

v. separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment; "detach a regiment"

detach, come off, come away

v. come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery"

rip

v. move precipitously or violently; "The tornado ripped along the coast"

segment

v. divide or split up; "The cells segmented"

disorder, disarray

v. bring disorder to

disturb

v. damage as if by shaking or jarring; "Don't disturb the patient's wounds by moving him too rapidly!"

divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up

v. separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"

smash

v. hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke

disappear, vanish, go away

v. get lost, as without warning or explanation; "He disappeared without a trace"

fade, melt

v. become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly; "The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk"

fade, wither

v. lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"

languish, fade

v. become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"

vanish, fly, vaporize

v. decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized"

discerp, sever, lop

v. cut off from a whole; "His head was severed from his body"; "The soul discerped from the body"

dissolve

v. cause to fade away; "dissolve a shot or a picture"

abstain, refrain, desist

v. choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol"

hold on, stop

v. stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments; "Hold on a moment!"

suspend, set aside

v. make inoperative or stop; "suspend payments on the loan"

conclude

v. bring to a close; "The committee concluded the meeting"

dismiss, throw out

v. cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration; "This case is dismissed!"

break down

v. cause to fall or collapse

disperse, dissipate, scatter, spread out

v. move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";

disperse

v. separate (light) into spectral rays; "the prosm disperses light"

scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperse

v. distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon"

circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around

v. cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"

break

v. find a flaw in; "break an alibi"; "break down a proof"

crack, check, break

v. become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated"

assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together

v. create by putting components or members together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee"

repair, resort

v. move, travel, or proceed toward some place; "He repaired to his cabin in the woods"

unify, unite, merge

v. become one; "Germany unified officially in 1990"; "the cells merge"

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