divide; split; split up; separate; dissever; carve up




separate into parts or portions

"divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"

Antonym:
  • unite; unify

Type of:
  • change integrity

Types:
  • subdivide
  • format; initialize; initialise
  • sectionalize; sectionalise
  • triangulate
  • unitize; unitise
  • lot
  • parcel
  • sliver; splinter
  • paragraph
  • canton
  • Balkanize; Balkanise


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