split up
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(verb) get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage; "The couple divorced after only 6 months" |
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Synonyms: divorce |
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Related Words: break, break up, part, separate, split, split up |
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(verb) become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart" |
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Synonyms: break, come apart, fall apart, separate |
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Related Words: break open, break up, burst, bust, change integrity, crack, crush, fragment, fragmentize, ladder, puncture, run, snap, split |
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(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" |
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Synonyms: split, stock split |
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Related Words: increase, step-up |
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(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" |
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Synonyms: break, break up, part, separate, split |
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Related Words: break, break apart, break away, break with, disjoint, dissassociate, dissociate, disunify, disunite, divorce, secede, splinter, split up |
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(verb) separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I" |
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Synonyms: carve up, dissever, divide, separate, split |
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Related Words: balkanize, break, canton, change integrity, format, initialize, lot, paragraph, parcel, sliver, splinter, triangulate, unitize |
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