break apart

verb

To dismantle something into its base components.

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disassembledismantletake apartbreak upcrashdisunify
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Meanings

verbbreak apart (third-person singular simple present breaks apart, present participle breaking apart, simple past broke apart, past participle broken apart)

present singular third person breaks apart · participle present breaking apart · past broke apart · participle past broken apart

  1. transitiveTo dismantle something into its base components.
  2. intransitiveTo disintegrate.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbtake apart into its constituent pieces

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disassembledismantletake apartbreak up
Broader
destroydestruct

verbbreak violently or noisily; smash

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crashbreak up
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disintegrate

verbbreak up or separate

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disunify
Broader
separatepartsplit up
Also see
break downbreak upcrashdisassembledismantledisunifyfall aparttake apart

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

break apart. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/break%20apart

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “break apart,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/break%20apart.

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