to pull something apart by force: to snap what binds, drag a person away, or wrench a thing loose
At its center this word is about a forced separation. Something that was joined, held, or fixed in place is torn free: a rope snaps, a captive is set loose, an enemy is drawn out of his stronghold, a ring is pulled off a finger. The same action can be done TO a thing (someone snaps the cord) or can happen to it (the cord gives way), which is why English translations shift between active and passive without changing the underlying picture.
Most of its weight falls on breaking bonds. Cords, ropes, tent lines, sandal straps, and above all the yoke are the classic objects. From there it becomes one of the Bible's stock images for freedom and for rebellion at once: God snaps the chains of the oppressed, and in the very same breath rebels boast of snapping the restraints God has placed on them.
A second cluster is spatial rather than about ties. To draw or lure people away from a city is a set military move, the bait that pulls defenders out of position so the ambush can spring. Related to it is the plain sense of wrenching a fixed thing loose: a signet ring off a hand, roots out of the ground, flesh torn from the body.
Because the action is the same everywhere and only the object changes, this is a single word with a wide reach rather than several unrelated words.