Source : WordNet®

break apart
     v 1: take apart into its constituent pieces [syn: {disassemble},
          {dismantle}, {take apart}, {break up}] [ant: {assemble}]
     2: break violently or noisily; smash; [syn: {crash}, {break up}]
     3: break up or separate; "The country is disunifying";
        "Yugoslavia broke apart after 1989" [syn: {disunify}]
        [ant: {unify}]