How to replace a character with a newline in Emacs?

Question

I am trying to replace a character - say ; - with a new line using replace-string and/or replace-regexp in Emacs.

I have tried

Answer 1

M-x replace-string RET ; RET C-q C-j.

• C-q for quoted-insert,

• C-j is a newline.

Cheers!