3
resection
2
breaking(noun, violation)
2
difference
2
disassociation(noun, disjunction)
2
disruption
2
dissection(noun, opening, scratch, wound, slash)
2
estrangement(crack, hole, gap)
2
falling out(expression, crack, hole, gap)
2
hernia(break, crack)
2
mutilation(noun, break, crack, rupture)
2
nuclear fission(expression, idiom)
2
rip(noun, break, cut, split, opening)
2
ripping(tearing, splitting)
2
slit(noun, break, cut, mark, crack)
2
tearing(splitting, ripping)
1
carcass
1
abruption
1
adhesion
1
alpha decay
1
anatomy
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