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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| balk | / | Noun | 
| break down | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun | 
| destabilize | x/xx | Verb | 
| break up | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun | 
| split up | /x | Phrase, Verb, Adjective | 
| polarize | /xx | Verb | 
| partition | x/x | Noun | 
| split | / | Noun | 
| divide | x/ | Noun | 
| disintegrate | x/xx | Verb | 
| piecemeal | /x | Adjective | 
| separate | /xx | Adjective | 
| fragment | /x | Noun | 
| chunk | / | Noun | 
| secede | x/ | Verb | 
| break | / | Noun | 
| segregate | /xx | Verb | 
| fall apart | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| subdivide | xx/ | Verb | 
| disband | x/ | Verb | 
| brit | / | Name | 
| dwindle | /x | Verb | 
| loosen | /x | Verb | 
| disrupt | x/ | Verb | 
| cleave | / | Noun | 
| fall to pieces | ///x | Phrase, Verb | 
| splinter | /x | Noun | 
| antagonize | x/xx | Verb | 
| decentralize | x/xx | Verb | 
| crumble | /x | Verb | 
| dissolve | x/ | Verb | 
| migrate | /x | Verb | 
| shatter | /x | Noun | 
| cut up | // | Phrase, Verb, Adjective | 
| come apart | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| blockade | x/ | Noun | 
| decompose | xx/ | Verb | 
| disassociate | xx/xx | Verb | 
| flatten | /x | Verb | 
| disperse | x/ | Verb | 
| bandy | /x | Noun | 
| gang up on | /xx | Phrase, Verb | 
| blight | / | Noun | 
| bust up | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| come between | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| devastate | /xx | Verb | 
| beset | x/ | Verb | 
| denigrate | /xx | Verb | 
| metastasize | x/xx | Verb | 
| grow apart | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| marginalize | /xxx | Verb | 
| part | / | Noun | 
| jumble | /x | Noun | 
| break out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| branch | / | Noun | 
| collapse | x/ | Noun | 
| explode | x/ | Verb | 
| implode | x/ | Verb | 
| sever | /x | Noun | 
| distribute | x/x | Verb | 
| break into | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| disaggregate | xxxx | Noun | 
| brawl | / | Noun | 
| estrange | x/ | Name | 
| cluster | /x | Noun | 
| discuss | x/ | Verb | 
| gerrymandering | xx/xx | Noun | 
| factions | /x | Noun | 
| country | /x | Noun | 
| collocation | xx/x | Noun | 
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| expression | x/x | Noun | 
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| tell | / | Verb, Noun | 
| dialect | /xx | Noun | 
| literally | /xxx | Adverb | 
| headlines | /x | Noun | 
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| daylight | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb | 
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb | 
| save | / | Verb, Noun | 
| die | / | Verb, Noun | 
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
