dissever

1. Separate into parts or portions (synset 202473085)
   "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"
   is a type of: change integrity - change in physical make-up
   subtypes:

   • subdivide - divide into smaller and smaller pieces
   • format, initialise, initialize - divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data
   • sectionalise, sectionalize - divide into sections, especially into geographic sections
   • triangulate - divide into triangles or give a triangular form to
   • unitise, unitize - divide (bulk material) and process as units
   • lot - divide into lots, as of land, for example
   • parcel - divide into parts
   • sliver, splinter - divide into slivers or splinters
   • paragraph - divide into paragraphs, as of text
   • canton - divide into cantons, of a country
   • balkanise, balkanize - divide a territory into small, hostile states
   same as: carve up, divide, separate, split, split up

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