"he demanded his split before they disbanded"
"he inserted the wedge into a split in the log"
"there was a rip in his pants" "she had snags in her stockings"
"he was winning until he got a split in the tenth frame"
"they announced a two-for-one split of the common stock"
"he gave the envelope a vigorous rip"
"another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy"
"Congress...gave the impression of...a confusing sum of disconnected local forces" "a league of disunited nations" "a fragmented coalition" "a split group"
"we bought split logs for the fireplace"
"divide the cake into three equal parts" "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"
"cleave the bone"
"The business partners broke over a tax question" "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage" "My friend and I split up"
"The friends separated after the party"
"The bubble burst"