split up

Noun

• an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity
  • they announced a two-for-one split of the common stock
    

Verb

• become separated into pieces or fragments
  • The figurine broke
    
  • The freshly baked loaf fell apart
    

• 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
    

• separate into parts or portions
  • divide the cake into three equal parts
    
  • The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I
    

• get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage
  • The couple divorced after only 6 months
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  split , stock split , break , separate , fall apart , come apart , part , break up , divide , dissever , carve up , divorce
• Antonyms: 
  unite , unify