Dictionary & Thesaurus

break apart

1.	(verb) break up or separate; "The country is disunifying"; "Yugoslavia broke apart after 1989"
	Synonyms: disunify
	Related Words: break, break up, part, separate, split, split up

2.	(verb) break violently or noisily; smash;
	Synonyms: break up, crash
	Related Words: disintegrate

3.	(verb) take apart into its constituent pieces
	Synonyms: break up, disassemble, dismantle, take apart
	Related Words: destroy