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1. Resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree
   "heard a splitting roar as the crowd surged forward"
   - rending, ripping

1. Separate into parts or portions
   "split the cake into three equal parts"; "split up the cake into three equal parts"
   - divide, split up, separate, dissever, carve up
    
2. Separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
   "split the bone"
   - cleave, rive [archaic]
    
3. Discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
   "My friend and I split up"
   - separate, part, split up, break, break up
    
4. Go one's own way; move apart
   "The friends split after the party"
   - separate, part
    
5. Come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
   "The bubble split"
   - burst, break open

See also: cacophonic, cacophonous, splitter

Type of: break, change integrity, come apart, fall apart, move, separate, split up, tear

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