carve_up | ||
1. | [ verb ] separate into parts or portions | |
Synonyms: | divide separate split dissever split_up | |
Examples: | "divide the cake into three equal parts" "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I" |
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Related terms: | unite change_integrity balkanize parcel sliver triangulate canton break paragraph unitize format sectionalise subdivide lot partition split divider | |