how to split a string in python with multiple delimiters

str = 'Lorem; ipsum. dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.'
str = str.split(',')
print(str) # Output ['Lorem; ipsum. dolor sit amet', ' consectetur adipiscing elit.']

import re
str = 'Lorem; ipsum. dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.'
str = re.split(r';|,|\.', str)
print(str) # Output ['Lorem', ' ipsum', ' dolor sit amet', ' consectetur adipiscing elit', '']

>>> a='Beautiful, is; better*than\nugly'
>>> import re
>>> re.split('; |, |\*|\n',a)
['Beautiful', 'is', 'better', 'than', 'ugly']