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)
to come together violently by accident
slam into
(to cause something) to break, rub or fall into very small pieces
break or fall into pieces
(to cause something) to break up into small pieces
fall apart; reduce to pieces
to take (a machine etc) to pieces
take apart
to cause (an organized system) to be in disorder
disrupt arrangement; make shambles of
to cause (something) to go away or be removed
drive away thought, belief
to cut up (parts of a body, plant etc) in order to study its structure
cut up; take apart
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
to cause a person no longer to have friends
destroy the affections of
an act, sound, of laughing; to make sounds and expressions to show amusement
expressing amusement, happiness
(to cause something) to become loose or looser
unbind
to chew (food) with a lot of movement of the jaw
chew, eat
(to cause something) to become powder or dust; to defeat (a person, team etc) completely
smash by beating, crushing
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
a destructive effect; to damage (something) badly
destroy, ransack
to remove an obstruction from (a drain etc)
clear
to remove a screw or screws from (something)
set free; unbind
(to cause a person, liquid, determination etc) to be or become weak(er)
reduce the strength of