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Divide

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

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Broader term 15

Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Calculate 76% connected

To ascertain or determine by mathematical processes, usually by the ordinary rules of arithmetic; to reckon up; to estimate; to compute.

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Cipher 76% connected

A character [0] which, standing by itself, expresses nothing, but when placed at the right hand of a whole number, increases its value tenfold.

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Compute 76% connected

To determine calculation; to reckon; to count.

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Cypher 76% connected

See Cipher.

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Disagreement 76% connected

The state of disagreeing; a being at variance; dissimilitude; diversity.

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Displace 76% connected

To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library ar…

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Dissension 76% connected

Disagreement in opinion, usually of a violent character, producing warm debates or angry words; contention in words; partisan and contentious divisio…

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Dissonance 76% connected

A mingling of discordant sounds; an inharmonious combination of sounds; discord.

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Figure 76% connected

The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.

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Line 76% connected

Flax; linen.

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Reckon 76% connected

To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.

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Work 76% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

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Manner of action 49

Bore 76% connected

of Bear

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Break 76% connected

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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Bust 76% connected

A piece of sculpture representing the upper part of the human figure, including the head, shoulders, and breast.

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Calve 76% connected

To bring forth a calf.

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Canton 76% connected

A song or canto

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Chip 76% connected

To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape, by cutting away a little at a time; to hew.

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Cut 76% connected

of Cut

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Detach 76% connected

To part; to separate or disunite; to disengage; -- the opposite of attach; as, to detach the coats of a bulbous root from each other; to detach a man…

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Disarticulate 76% connected

To sunder; to separate, as joints.

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Discerp 76% connected

To tear in pieces; to rend.

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Disconnect 76% connected

To dissolve the union or connection of; to disunite; to sever; to separate; to disperse.

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Disjoin 76% connected

To part; to disunite; to separate; to sunder.

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Disjoint 76% connected

Disjointed; unconnected; -- opposed to conjoint.

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Dismember 76% connected

To tear limb from limb; to dilacerate; to disjoin member from member; to tear or cut in pieces; to break up.

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Dispel 76% connected

To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish; to clear away; to banish; to dissipate; as, to dispel a cloud, vapors, cares, doubts, illusion…

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Disperse 76% connected

To scatter abroad; to drive to different parts; to distribute; to diffuse; to spread; as, the Jews are dispersed among all nations.

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Dissipate 76% connected

To scatter completely; to disperse and cause to disappear; -- used esp. of the dispersion of things that can never again be collected or restored.

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Drill 76% connected

To pierce or bore with a drill, or a with a drill; to perforate; as, to drill a hole into a rock; to drill a piece of metal.

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Gerrymander 76% connected

To divide (a State) into districts for the choice of representatives, in an unnatural and unfair way, with a view to give a political party an advant…

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Gin 76% connected

Against; near by; towards; as, gin night.

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

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Halve 76% connected

A half.

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Isolate 76% connected

To place in a detached situation; to place by itself or alone; to insulate; to separate from others.

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Joint 76% connected

The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close-fitting or ju…

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Lot 76% connected

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

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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 /,…

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Parcel 76% connected

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

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Partition 76% connected

The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; separation; division; distribution; as, the partition of a kingdom.

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Polarize 76% connected

To communicate polarity to.

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Quarter 76% connected

One of four equal parts into which anything is divided, or is regarded as divided; a fourth part or portion; as, a quarter of a dollar, of a pound, o…

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Rail 76% connected

An outer cloak or covering; a neckerchief for women.

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Reduce 76% connected

To bring or lead back to any former place or condition.

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Rupture 76% connected

The act of breaking apart, or separating; the state of being broken asunder; as, the rupture of the skin; the rupture of a vessel or fiber; the ruptu…

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Scatter 76% connected

To strew about; to sprinkle around; to throw down loosely; to deposit or place here and there, esp. in an open or sparse order.

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Section 76% connected

The act of cutting, or separation by cutting; as, the section of bodies.

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Sectionalize 76% connected

To divide according to gepgraphical sections or local interests.

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Segment 76% connected

One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion; as, a segment of an orange;…

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Segregate 76% connected

Separate; select.

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Sequester 76% connected

To separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties in controversy and put into the possession of an indifferent person; to seize or take pos…

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Sever 76% connected

To separate, as one from another; to cut off from something; to divide; to part in any way, especially by violence, as by cutting, rending, etc.; as,…

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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.

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Snap 76% connected

To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle.

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Splinter 76% connected

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

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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.

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Tear 76% connected

A drop of the limpid, saline fluid secreted, normally in small amount, by the lachrymal gland, and diffused between the eye and the eyelids to moiste…

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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.

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Unitize 76% connected

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

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Zone 76% connected

A girdle; a cincture.

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Divisible 74% connected

Capable of being divided or separated.

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Divisible 74% connected

Capable of being divided or separated.

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Division 74% connected

The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation.

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Division 74% connected

The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation.

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Partitive 74% connected

Denoting a part; as, a partitive genitive.

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Partitive 74% connected

Denoting a part; as, a partitive genitive.

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Separative 74% connected

Causing, or being to cause, separation.

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Separative 74% connected

Causing, or being to cause, separation.

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Part 72% connected

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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Separate 72% connected

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

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Synonym 7

Dissever 92% connected

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

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Disunite 92% connected

To destroy the union of; to divide; to part; to sever; to disjoin; to sunder; to separate; as, to disunite particles of matter.

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Fraction 92% connected

The act of breaking, or state of being broken, especially by violence.

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Part 92% connected

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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Separate 92% connected

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

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Split 92% connected

of Split

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Watershed 92% connected

The whole region or extent of country which contributes to the supply of a river or lake.

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Antonym 2

Multiply 94% connected

To increase in number; to make more numerous; to add quantity to.

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Multiply 94% connected

To increase in number; to make more numerous; to add quantity to.

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