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Dissever

To part in two; to sever thoroughly; to sunder; to disunite; to separate; to disperse.

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Manner of action 10

Canton 76% connected

A song or canto

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Lot 76% connected

That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Paragraph 76% connected

Originally, a marginal mark or note, set in the margin to call attention to something in the text, e. g., a change of subject; now, the character /,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Parcel 76% connected

A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sectionalize 76% connected

To divide according to gepgraphical sections or local interests.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sliver 76% connected

To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit; as, to sliver wood.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Splinter 76% connected

To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Subdivide 76% connected

To divide the parts of (anything) into more parts; to part into smaller divisions; to divide again, as what has already been divided.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Triangulate 76% connected

To divide into triangles; specifically, to survey by means of a series of triangles properly laid down and measured.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Unitize 76% connected

To reduce to a unit, or one whole; to form into a unit; to unify.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 2

Split 74% connected

of Split

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Split 74% connected

of Split

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 3

Divide 92% connected

To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Separate 92% connected

To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Split 92% connected

of Split

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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