Meanings of prise apart in English

Here it is difficult to prise apart French and un-French elements.

It was a tortured creaking noise, like ancient hinges being prised apart.

Prise apart the roots and throw out any woody or unproductive parts.

It chugged and churned, bubbling and hissing, prising apart the mantle below it.

Yet here they were still warming into the contest when they were prised apart.

Europe's economies cannot be prised apart and filed neatly in different boxes; they are too interdependent.

It was 12.43am local time when the teams were finally prised apart.

A grating, tearing, rasping sound, as though the boards are being prised apart and the nails wrenched away.

In place of dinner he ate a litre tub of strawberry ice cream and prised apart a half-kilo of pistachios.

Meanwhile in the southern hemisphere, the iron fist of apartheid pounded South Africa even as it was gradually being prised apart.

He prised apart something in the case and lifted out the glass face to expose the cogs below, and was silent.

"Oh, man!" A wide smile prised apart layers of hair.

Pulling down the bloodied sheet, she prised apart the girl's thighs and took a good long look at what lay between them.

They could take heart from their effort and commitment, and the reality they had prised apart a stubborn defence, but familiar mistakes crept in.

Liverpool 1 Chelsea 1:The teams could not be prised apart but this was an afternoon when Liverpool's spirits soared and plummeted.

Liverpool 2 Chelsea 2 (Liverpool win 5-4 on penalties) It was 12.43am local time when the teams were finally prised apart.