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a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility) perform a division; "Can you divide 49 by seven?" separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I" come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated" make a division or separation act as a barrier between; stand between; "The mountain range divides the two countries" a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea" |
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