v. laugh unrestrainedly

v. separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts

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

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

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

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

v. release ice; "The icebergs and glaciers calve"

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

v. set or keep apart; "sever a relationship"

v. take apart into its constituent pieces

v. suffer a nervous breakdown

v. come apart; "the group broke up"

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

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"