break apart

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Verb	1.	break apart - take apart into its constituent pieces disassemble, take apart, dismantle, break up destroy, destruct - do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"
	2.	break apart - break violently or noisily; smash; break up, crash disintegrate - break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity; "The material disintegrated"; "the group disintegrated after the leader died" crash - cause to crash; "The terrorists crashed the plane into the palace"; "Mother crashed the motorbike into the lamppost"
	3.	break apart - break up or separate; "The country is disunifying"; "Yugoslavia broke apart after 1989" disunify break up, part, split, split up, separate, break - discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up"

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In the warmth of the room it began to thaw and to break apart in clinging chunks.

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This will break apart the stream and make two streams.

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They look so fragile, you fear that they could almost break apart in your hands.