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1) (to cause an organized group) to break up (disband)

2) (to cause something) to break up into small pieces (disintegrate)

3) of dig; to use a tool, machine, claws etc to break up and move (soil etc); make (a way) through, into etc by doing this; make (a hole etc) by doing this (dug)

4) (of such metals as 'uranium') having atoms that break up and, in so doing, send out electrically charged particles that can be harmful (radioactive)

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collide

to come together violently by accident

slam into

crumble

(to cause something) to break, rub or fall into very small pieces

break or fall into pieces

disintegrate

(to cause something) to break up into small pieces

fall apart; reduce to pieces

dismantle

to take (a machine etc) to pieces

take apart

disorganize

to cause (an organized system) to be in disorder

disrupt arrangement; make shambles of

dispel

to cause (something) to go away or be removed

drive away thought, belief

dissect

to cut up (parts of a body, plant etc) in order to study its structure

cut up; take apart

dug

of dig; to use a tool, machine, claws etc to break up and move (soil etc); make (a way) through, into etc by doing this; make (a hole etc) by doing this

delve into; hollow out

estrange

to cause a person no longer to have friends

destroy the affections of

laugh

an act, sound, of laughing; to make sounds and expressions to show amusement

expressing amusement, happiness

loosen

(to cause something) to become loose or looser

unbind

munch

to chew (food) with a lot of movement of the jaw

chew, eat

pulverize

(to cause something) to become powder or dust; to defeat (a person, team etc) completely

smash by beating, crushing

rake

a long-handled tool with prongs, used for pulling together dead leaves, moving soil etc; an immoral man; to make (land) smooth with a rake

scrape up, hoe

ravage

a destructive effect; to damage (something) badly

destroy, ransack

unblock

to remove an obstruction from (a drain etc)

clear

unscrew

to remove a screw or screws from (something)

set free; unbind

weaken

(to cause a person, liquid, determination etc) to be or become weak(er)

reduce the strength of

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