WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
break apart v 1: take apart into its constituent pieces [syn: disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart] [ant: assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together] 2: break violently or noisily; smash; [syn: crash, break up, break apart] 3: break up or separate; "The country is disunifying"; "Yugoslavia broke apart after 1989" [syn: disunify, break apart] [ant: merge, unify, unite]