To break down a chemical compound into simpler substances or elements

To take a whole apart into its components, such as a machine or a sequence of movements

To settle a dispute or mediate between conflicting parties; to resolve a disagreement.

To explain or tell the details of a story; often used in traditional novels at the end of a chapter in the phrase "to find out what happens next, listen to the next chapter's explanation".

To cause a group or organization to break apart or crumble from within.

To analyze a string or sentence into its grammatical components in linguistics or computing

To clarify the facts of a matter or defend oneself against an accusation

To resolve an expression or number into its constituent factors, such as prime factorization or polynomial factorization