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Noun

split up - an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity; "they announced a two-for-one split of the common stock"
  split, stock split

Verb

split up - separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"
  divide, split, separate, dissever, carve up
  unify, unite become one; "Germany unified officially in 1990"; "the cells merge"
  change integrity change in physical make-up
  subdivide divide into smaller and smaller pieces; "This apartment cannot be subdivided any further!"
  initialise, initialize, format assign an initial value to a computer program
  sectionalise, sectionalize divide into sections, especially into geographic sections; "sectionalize a country"
  triangulate survey by triangulation; "The land surveyor worked by triangulating the plot"
  unitise, unitize separate or classify into units; "The hospital was unitized for efficiency"
  lot divide into lots, as of land, for example
  parcel make into a wrapped container
  sliver, splinter form into slivers; "sliver wood"
  paragraph write paragraphs; work as a paragrapher
  canton divide into cantons, of a country
  balkanise, balkanize divide a territory into small, hostile states
split up - become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart"
  break, separate, fall apart, come apart
  change integrity change in physical make-up
  decompose, break down, break up separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
  break open, split, burst open with force; "He broke open the picnic basket"
  puncture be pierced or punctured; "The tire punctured"
  bust, burst come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure; "The bubble burst"
  smash break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow; "The window smashed"
  ladder, run come unraveled or undone as if by snagging; "Her nylons were running"
  break weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death"
  crack, snap break into simpler molecules by means of heat; "The petroleum cracked"
  fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize, break up laugh unrestrainedly
  crush break into small pieces; "The car crushed the toy"
split up - discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up"
  separate, part, split, break, break up
  give the bounce, give the gate, give the axe terminate a relationship abruptly; "Mary gave John the axe after she saw him with another woman"
  disunify, break apart break up or separate; "The country is disunifying"; "Yugoslavia broke apart after 1989"
  disassociate, disunite, divorce, dissociate, disjoint part; cease or break association with; "She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president"
  break with end a relationship; "China broke with Russia"
  divorce, split up get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage; "The couple divorced after only 6 months"
  secede, splinter, break away withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"
  break away, break weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death"
split up - get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage; "The couple divorced after only 6 months"
  divorce
  get hitched with, get married, hook up with, conjoin, marry, wed, espouse take in marriage
  split up, part, split, separate, break up, break divide into components or constituents; "Separate the wheat from the chaff"
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  • split up
    To divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.

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