Usually means: Separate into pieces by force.
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  1. pull apart: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pull apart: Merriam-Webster
  3. pull apart: Collins English Dictionary
  4. pull-apart: Wordnik
  5. pull-apart, pull apart: Wiktionary
  6. pull apart: Dictionary.com
  7. pull apart: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. pull-apart: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries

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  1. pull-apart: Encyclopedia

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  1. pull apart: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (pull apart)

verb:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull, apart.
verb:  (intransitive) To become separated as a result of pulling.
verb:  (transitive) To separate (people or animals that are fighting).
verb:  (transitive) To disassemble, dismantle, take apart (a machine or other mechanical device).
verb:  (transitive, figurative) To investigate rigorously the basis of (an idea or theory).
verb:  (transitive, figurative) To criticise harshly and in detail.

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