break apart

/breɪk əˌpɑrt/

/breɪk əˈpɑt/

Other forms: broke apart; broken apart; breaking apart; breaks apart

Definitions of break apart

1. verb

   take apart into its constituent pieces
   synonyms: break up, disassemble, dismantle, take apart

   type of:

   destroy, destruct

   do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of
2. verb

   break up or separate
   “Yugoslavia broke apart after 1989”

   synonyms: disunify

   type of:

   break, break up, part, separate, split, split up

   discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
3. verb

   break violently or noisily; smash;
   synonyms: break up, crash

   crash

   cause to crash

   type of:

   disintegrate

   break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity