(n)split, stock split, split upan 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”
(v)divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve upseparate into parts or portions“divide the cake into three equal parts”, “The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I”
(v)separate, part, split up, split, break, break updiscontinue 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”
(s)disconnected, disunited, fragmented, splithaving been divided; having the unity destroyed“Congress...gave the impression of...a confusing sum of disconnected local forces” (Samuel Lubell), “a league of disunited nations” (E.B.White), “a fragmented coalition”, “a split group”
