| VERB | creation | break apart, disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up | take apart into its constituent pieces |
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| contact | break apart, crash, break up | break violently or noisily | |
| change | break apart, disunify | break up or separate |
| Meaning | take apart into its constituent pieces. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up | |
| Entailed by | cannibalize, cannibalise | Use parts of something to repair something else |
| Narrower | strike | Disassemble a temporary structure, such as a tent or a theatrical set |
| Broader | destroy, destruct | Do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of |
| See also | break | ruin completely |
| Opposite | assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together | Create by putting components or members together |
| Spanish | desarmar, desarticular, desmantelar, desmontar | |
| Catalan | desarmar, desarticular, desmantellar, desmuntar | |
| Meaning | break violently or noisily; smash. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Synonyms | crash, break up | |
| Caused by | crash | Cause to crash |
| Broader | disintegrate | break / break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity |
| See also | break | go to pieces |
| Similar to | crash | Cause to crash |
| Spanish | estrellarse, quebrarse, separar, terminar | |
| Catalan | esclatar, estavellar-se, rompre, topar, trencar-se, trencar, xocar | |
| Meaning | Break up or separate. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonym | disunify | |
| Broader | separate, part, split up, split, break, break up | discontinue an association / association / association or relation |
| Opposite | unify, unite, merge | Become one |
| Catalan | desunificar | |
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