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"

come apart; "the group broke up"

cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water"

(of hounds) To eat the fox.

This is what hounds do when they kill the fox and eat its carcass, an extremely quick process.

That period in the spring when melting snow and thawing earth create soft soil conditions and high water in streams. Logging, construction, and other activities requiring heavy vehicles must usually be curtailed during this time. Weight restrictions on forest roads are common.

The early spring of the year, generally during April and May, when the frost comes out of the ground causing softening and heaving of the roadbeds or muskeg.

attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example; "Pick open the ice"

release ice; "The icebergs and glaciers calve"

laugh unrestrainedly

break violently or noisily; smash;

take apart into its constituent pieces

set or keep apart; "sever a relationship"

separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts

a traumatic event, it really is

(see Break The Board, Crunch)

destroy the completeness of a set of related items; "The book dealer would not break the set"

To discourage a hen from setting.

to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"

break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented"

cause to separate; "break up kidney stones"; "disperse particles"

close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned"

a definitive move to the end the relationship

end the school semester

suffer a nervous breakdown

make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages"