split up

How to sign: separate into parts or portions
"divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I";

Similiar / Same: divide, split, dissever, carve up, separate

Categories: change integrity

Within this category: Balkanize, canton, format, lot, paragraph, parcel, sectionalize, sliver, subdivide, triangulate, unitize

split up

How to sign: get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage
"The couple divorced after only 6 months";

Similiar / Same: divorce

Categories: break, break up, part, separate, split, split up

split up

How to sign: become separated into pieces or fragments
"The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart";

See also: decompose, break down, break up

Similiar / Same: come apart, break, fall apart, separate

Categories: change integrity

Within this category: break up, burst, burst, crush, ladder, puncture, smash, snap

split up

How to sign: 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";

Similiar / Same: part, break up, split, separate, break

Within this category: break, break with, disassociate, disunify, divorce, give the axe, secede