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sever: set or keep apart; "sever a relationship"

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dissect collapse: cut open or cut apart; "dissect the bodies for analysis"

scissor collapse: cut with or as if with scissors

dismember collapse: separate the limbs from the body; "the tiger dismembered the tourist"; divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up"; "The Empire was discerped after the war"

disband collapse: stop functioning or cohering as a unit; "The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting"; cause to break up or cease to function; "the principal disbanded the political student organization"

individualize collapse: make or mark or treat as individual; "The sounds were individualized by sharpness and tone"

bisect collapse: cut in half or cut in two; "bisect a line"

whittle collapse: English aeronautical engineer who invented the jet aircraft engine (1907-1996); cut small bits or pare shavings from; "whittle a piece of wood"

disconnect collapse: make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten

dissociate collapse: to undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms; "acids dissociate to give hydrogen ions"

subtilize collapse: make (senses) more keen; mark fine distinctions and subtleties, as among words

halve collapse: divide by two; divide into halves; "Halve the cake"

personalize collapse: make personal or more personal; "personalized service"

draw the line collapse: reasonably object (to) or set a limit (on); "I draw the line when it comes to lending money to friends!"

anatomize collapse: analyze down to the smallest detail; "This writer anatomized the depth of human behavior"; dissect in order to analyze; "anatomize the bodies of the victims of this strange disease"

amputate collapse: remove surgically; "amputate limbs"

disjoint collapse: having no elements in common; separate at the joints; "disjoint the chicken before cooking it"

discern collapse

rive collapse

sunder collapse: break apart or in two, using violence

discriminate collapse: marked by the ability to see or make fine distinctions; "discriminate judgments"; "discriminate people"; noting distinctions with nicety; "a discriminating interior designer"; "a nice sense of color"; "a nice point in the argument"; recognize or perceive the difference; distinguish; "I could not discriminate the different tastes in this complicated dish"; treat differently on the basis of sex or race

estrange collapse: arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness; "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious"; remove from customary environment or associations; "Her busy schedule removed her from her duties as a mother"

specialize collapse: become more special; "We specialize in dried flowers"; suit to a special purpose; "specialize one's research"; devote oneself to a special area of work; "She specializes in honey bees"; "This plumber specialized in jacuzzis"

split hairs collapse

particularize collapse

split up collapse

chop logic collapse

subdivide collapse: divide into smaller and smaller pieces; "This apartment cannot be subdivided any further!"; form into subdivisions; "The cells subdivided"

loosen collapse: become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"; make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope"; make less dense; "loosen the soil"

divorce collapse: the legal dissolution of a marriage; get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage; "The couple divorced after only 6 months"

hew collapse: strike with an axe; cut down, strike; "hew an oak"; make or shape as with an axe; "hew out a path in the rock"

detach collapse: cause to become detached or separated; take off; "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it"; come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery"; separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment; "detach a regiment"

lance collapse: open by piercing with a lancet; "lance a boil"; pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fight; move quickly, as if by cutting one's way; "Planes lanced towards the shore"

diversify collapse: vary in order to spread risk or to expand; "The company diversified"; spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate; "The plants on this island diversified"; make (more) diverse; "diversify a course of study"

pare collapse: decrease gradually or bit by bit; remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size; "pare one's fingernails"; "trim the photograph"; "trim lumber"

disjoin collapse: become separated, disconnected or disjoint; make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of

modify collapse: make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"; add a modifier to a constituent

demarcate collapse: set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something; separate clearly and as if by boundaries

winnow collapse: the act of separating grain from chaff; "the winnowing was done by women"; blow away or off with a current of air; "winnow chaff"; separate the chaff from by using air currents; "She stood there winnowing chaff all day in the field"; blow on; "The wind was winnowing her hair"; "the wind winnowed the grass"

differentiate collapse: become distinct and acquire a different character; become different during development; "cells differentiate"; calculate a derivative; take the derivative

prune collapse: dried plum

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