分裂，分离：使某物分成几部分或几个部分分离开来。
瓦解，解体：指某个组织、团体或关系等分崩离析，不再存在。
take apart into its constituent pieces
同义词： disassemble / dismantle / take apart / break up
break up or separate
同义词： disunify
使…分裂开
打散
... break apart解体 break sth apart把某物折断或分开 come apart破碎 ...
When a hydrocarbon is burned, these bonds break apart in order to form carbon dioxide and water.
当碳氢化合物燃烧时，该键被破坏以生成二氧化碳和水。
The damage caused the shuttle to break apart upon reentry, killing all seven astronauts on board.
而这一损伤引起了航天飞机在进入大气层的过程中发生爆炸，机上所有的七名航天员全部罹难。
And the rump might still break apart, as Italy or Spain would not want anything to do with Greece.
遭弃国家可能仍旧会破裂，意大利和西班牙也不想有和希腊相似的任何事情。
They did not break apart easily.
VOA : special.2010.04.15
That's why all these arguments that we all get into these days about third-party political candidates what do we really need in our political culture, what would break apart the stagnation of our two-party system, if that's what people want or put more directly, will Michael Bloomberg run or not?
这就是我们今天为何面对这些争论,关于第三方党派的候选人,也就是我们的政治文化中究竟需要什么,什么能打破我们两党制停滞不前的现状呢,如果这是人民所愿,或者更直接的说,迈克尔.布隆伯格的做法行得通吗
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There were tensions between the mercantile North and the agricultural South that threatened to break apart our young republic.
These particles irritate the artery, making it inflamed and eventually causing the plaque to break apart.
And the rump might still break apart, as Italy or Spain would not want anything to do with Greece.