He proposed that the two continents might have been one, then split apart.

VOA: special.2010.01.12

So what that means is that's how much energy we would have to put into a hydrogen molecule in order to get it to split apart into its two atoms.

它的意义,就是我们需要向一个氢分子中注入这么大的能量,才能将它分解成两个独立的原子。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

My brain gets split apart.

我的大脑被一分为二。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

They look as if they formed as the earth split apart.

VOA: special.2009.10.07