transitive. To break up or separate (a material thing) into constituent parts or elements; to disintegrate (something); (also) to cause (a body…

transitive. To reduce (a material thing or substance) to its constituent parts; to dissect, break down. (Now only in sense 8.)

figurative and in figurative context. To dissolve, break up, decompose.

transitive. To break up; to impair. Obsolete.

To break up the constitution of, dissolve, disintegrate. Obsolete.

transitive. To separate or resolve into its constituent parts or elements. (Of the separation of substances into their chemical elements, of…

To separate the constituent parts or elements of; to decompose, v.

transitive. To break into many parts; to disintegrate.

transitive. To separate into its component parts or particles; to reduce to fragments, break up, destroy the cohesion or integrity of (as by…

To break into small pieces; to crush; to decompose.

Chemistry. To separate the elements of (a compound), spec. by heat: see dissociation, n. 2.

transitive. Mathematics (originally U.S.). To resolve (a quantity) into factors; to express as a product of factors; = factorize, v. 2a. Also with…