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divide [n]

1)	a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility)

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2)	a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems

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water_parting watershed

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line continental_divide great_divide

divide [v]

1)	separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"

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carve_up dissever separate split split_up

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2)	perform a division; "Can you divide 49 by seven?"

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calculate arithmetic fraction division multiply halve quarter

3)	act as a barrier between; stand between; "The mountain range divides the two countries"

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4)	come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated"

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change breakup subdivide polarise break_up break_away disjoin come_away segregate segment reduce section partition discerp gerrymander

5)	make a division or separation

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division partition break break_up rail detach close_off

6)	force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"

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disunite part separate

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displace separation compartmentalise polarise isolate disjoin disarticulate disconnect cut tear joint gin break break_up bust

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