disunite, separate, part, divide - force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"

lop, sever, discerp - cut off from a whole; "His head was severed from his body"; "The soul discerped from the body"

cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope"

sever, break up - set or keep apart; "sever a relationship"