split up

1. An increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity (synset 100439983)
   "they announced a two-for-one split of the common stock"
   is a type of: increase, step-up - the act of increasing something
   same as: split, stock split

1. Get a divorce;
   Formally terminate a marriage (synset 202496283)
   "The couple divorced after only 6 months"
   entail: conjoin, espouse, get hitched with, get married, hook up with, marry, wed - take in marriage
   is a type of: break, break up, part, separate, split, split up - discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
   same as: divorce
2. Separate into parts or portions (synset 202473085)
   "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"
   is a type of: change integrity - change in physical make-up
   subtypes:

   • subdivide - divide into smaller and smaller pieces
   • format, initialise, initialize - divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data
   • sectionalise, sectionalize - divide into sections, especially into geographic sections
   • triangulate - divide into triangles or give a triangular form to
   • unitise, unitize - divide (bulk material) and process as units
   • lot - divide into lots, as of land, for example
   • parcel - divide into parts
   • sliver, splinter - divide into slivers or splinters
   • paragraph - divide into paragraphs, as of text
   • canton - divide into cantons, of a country
   • balkanise, balkanize - divide a territory into small, hostile states
   same as: carve up, dissever, divide, separate, split
3. Discontinue an association or relation;
   Go different ways (synset 202436167)
   "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up"
   subtypes:

   • give the axe, give the bounce, give the gate - terminate a relationship abruptly
   • break apart, disunify - break up or separate
   • disassociate, disjoint, dissociate, disunite, divorce - part; cease or break association with
   • break with - end a relationship
   • divorce, split up - get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage
   • break away, secede, splinter - withdraw from an organization or communion
   • break, break away - interrupt a continued activity
   same as: break, break up, part, separate, split
4. Become separated into pieces or fragments (synset 200334996)
   "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart"
   is a type of: change integrity - change in physical make-up
   subtypes:

   • break open, burst, split - come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
   • puncture - be pierced or punctured
   • burst, bust - break open or apart suddenly and forcefully
   • smash - break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow
   • ladder, run - come unraveled or undone as if by snagging
   • crack, snap - break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
   • break up, fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize - break or cause to break into pieces
   • crush - become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure
   same as: break, come apart, fall apart, separate
   verb group: break - destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments

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