quarter toneEnglishMerriam-Webster Dictionaryl='sense 1'>1 to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly //an earthquake that had disrupted the elevated highway in several placesSynonyms break, break up, bust, disintegrate, dismember, fracture, fragment, riveRelated Words atomize, crush, grind, powder, pulverize, reduce1 to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly //an earthquake that had disrupted the elevated highway in several placesSynonyms break, break up, bust, disintegrate, dismember, fracture, fragment, riveRelated Words atomize, crush, grind, powder, pulverize, reduce