split up

Primary Meanings of split up

1.	v	separate into parts or portions
2.	n	an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity

Full Definitions of split up

Antonyms:: unify, unite
act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief

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divide into smaller and smaller pieces; format, initialise, initialize
divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data; sectionalise, sectionalize
divide into sections, especially into geographic sections; triangulate
divide into triangles or give a triangular form to; unitise, unitize
divide (bulk material) and process as units; lot
divide into lots, as of land, for example; parcel
divide into parts; sliver, splinter
divide into slivers or splinters; paragraph
divide into paragraphs, as of text; canton
divide into cantons, of a country; Balkanise, Balkanize
divide a territory into small, hostile states

: break
destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments

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come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure; puncture
be pierced or punctured; burst, bust
break open or apart suddenly and forcefully; smash
break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow; ladder, run
come unraveled or undone as if by snagging; crack, snap
break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension; break up, fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize
break or cause to break into pieces; crush
become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure; pop
burst open with a sharp, explosive sound; blow
burst suddenly; stave, stave in
burst or force (a hole) into something; atomise, atomize
break up into small particles; bray, comminute, crunch, grind, mash
reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; pound
break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle; shatter
break into many pieces; sunder
break apart or in two, using violence; sliver, splinter
break up into splinters or slivers; rag
break into lumps before sorting; crumb
break into crumbs; brecciate
break into breccia; crush
break into small pieces; grate, grind
make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together

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terminate a relationship abruptly; break apart, disunify
break up or separate; disassociate, disjoint, dissociate, disunite, divorce
part; cease or break association with; break with
end a relationship; divorce
get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage; break away, secede, splinter
withdraw from an organization or communion; break, break away
interrupt a continued activity

Type of:: break, break up, part, separate, split
discontinue an association or relation; go different ways