separate into parts
101To break the neck — Break Break (br[=a]k), v. t. [imp. {broke} (br[=o]k), (Obs. {Brake}); p. p. {Broken} (br[=o] k n), (Obs. {Broke}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Breaking}.] [OE. breken, AS. brecan; akin to OS. brekan, D. breken, OHG. brehhan, G. brechen, Icel. braka to creak …
102To break through — Break Break (br[=a]k), v. t. [imp. {broke} (br[=o]k), (Obs. {Brake}); p. p. {Broken} (br[=o] k n), (Obs. {Broke}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Breaking}.] [OE. breken, AS. brecan; akin to OS. brekan, D. breken, OHG. brehhan, G. brechen, Icel. braka to creak …
103To break up — Break Break (br[=a]k), v. t. [imp. {broke} (br[=o]k), (Obs. {Brake}); p. p. {Broken} (br[=o] k n), (Obs. {Broke}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Breaking}.] [OE. breken, AS. brecan; akin to OS. brekan, D. breken, OHG. brehhan, G. brechen, Icel. braka to creak …
104To break upon a wheel — Break Break (br[=a]k), v. t. [imp. {broke} (br[=o]k), (Obs. {Brake}); p. p. {Broken} (br[=o] k n), (Obs. {Broke}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Breaking}.] [OE. breken, AS. brecan; akin to OS. brekan, D. breken, OHG. brehhan, G. brechen, Icel. braka to creak …
105To break wind — Break Break (br[=a]k), v. t. [imp. {broke} (br[=o]k), (Obs. {Brake}); p. p. {Broken} (br[=o] k n), (Obs. {Broke}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Breaking}.] [OE. breken, AS. brecan; akin to OS. brekan, D. breken, OHG. brehhan, G. brechen, Icel. braka to creak …
106analyze — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To subject to analysis] Syn. dissect, examine, investigate, separate, decompose, break down, break up, take apart, disintegrate, resolve into elements, determine the essential features of, decentralize, decompose into… …
107cut — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. incise, carve, dissect, slice, shave, trim, shape; separate, divide, split, sever; abridge, shorten, diminish, reduce, curtail; hurt, sting, wound, snub, ignore; reap, gather. See disjunction,… …
108dissever — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To separate into parts with or as if with a sharp edged instrument: carve, cleave1, cut, sever, slice, slit, split. See ASSEMBLE. 2. To make a division into parts, sections, or branches: break up, divide, part,… …
109sever — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. cut off, cleave, separate, sunder, part; disjoin, dissolve. See disjunction. Ant., connect, join. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. part, split, separate, dissociate, rend, cleave; see also cut 1 , divide 1 …
110split — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. rive, rend, cleave, splinter; divide, separate, disunite, divorce; apportion; slang, leave, depart. See disjunction, brittleness, departure. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A dividing] Syn. separating,… …