Related Words for cleave

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rive
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Noun, Verb
split
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Verb, Verb, Noun, Adjective
sunder
/x
Noun
smite
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Verb
bind
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Noun
cleaver
/x
Noun
flay
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Noun
rend
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Noun
hurl
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Verb
entangle
x/x
Verb
obliterate
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Verb
cling
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Verb
dissociate
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Verb
destroy
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Verb
forsake
x/
Verb
annihilate
x/xx
Verb
twain
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Name
chop
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Noun
spurn
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Verb
stick
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Noun
leave
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Verb
transmute
xx
Verb
fling
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Noun
penetrate
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Verb
hold
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Noun
break
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Noun
grind
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Noun
smash
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Noun
assail
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Verb
throw
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Verb
kill
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Verb
slay
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Verb
produce
x/
Verb
heal
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Verb
dissolve
x/
Verb
asunder
x/x
Adverb
shield
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Noun
stab
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Noun
gether
/x
Noun
forge
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Noun
pull
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Noun
purify
/xx
Verb
carve
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Verb
align
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Verb
pierce
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Noun
spit
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Verb
imbue
x/
Verb
immobilize
x/xx
Verb
dislodge
x/
Verb
burn
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Noun
bury
/x
Noun
splay
x
Noun
abjure
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Verb
remain
x/
Verb
soak
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Verb
adhere
x/
Verb
subsume
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Verb
encircling
x/xx
Noun
flail
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Noun
clive
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Name
wedge
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Noun
slit
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Noun
sever
/x
Noun
divide
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Noun
carve up
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Phrase, Verb
rift
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Noun
knife
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Noun
clip
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Noun
transect
/x
Noun
shave
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Verb
slice and dice
//x
Phrase, Verb
section
/x
Noun
share
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Noun
cut up
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Phrase, Verb, Adjective
blade
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Noun
cut off
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Phrase, Verb, Noun
truncate
/x
Noun
hatchet
/x
Noun
separate
/xx
Adjective
scissor
/x
Noun
shear
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Noun
cut out
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Phrase, Verb, Adjective
shred
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Noun
chisel
/x
Noun
splinter
/x
Noun
sliver
/x
Noun
break up
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Phrase, Verb, Noun
scythe
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Noun
endonuclease
xx/x
Noun
ribozyme
xxx
Noun
protease
/xx
Noun
clanging
/x
Verb
proteinases
xx/x
Noun
methylated
/xxx
Verb
clods
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Noun
collagens
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Noun
hydrolases
/xxx
Noun
inactivate
x/xx
Verb
plasminogen
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Noun
plasmin
/x
Noun
trypsin
/x
Noun
enzymatically
xx/xx
Adverb
enzymes
/x
Noun
fibrinogen
/xxx
Noun
dna
/x/
Name
delight
x/
Verb
quarrelling
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Verb
substrates
/x
Noun
pestilence
/xx
Noun
rnas
x
Name
activate
/xx
Verb
mingle
/x
Verb
app
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Noun
studiously
/xxx
Adverb
leprosy
/xx
Noun
iga
/x
Name
preferentially
xx/xx
Adverb
thee
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Verb
peptide
/x
Noun
above
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun
achiever
x/x
Noun
advanced
x/
Adjective
alluvial
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
arid
/x
Adjective
balsamic
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Adjective, Noun
basses
/x
Noun
be
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
benefactor
/xxx
Noun
biopharmaceutical
xxxx/xx
Name
blow
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
booby
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
doth
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Verb, Noun
etch
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Noun, Verb
forage
/x
Noun, Verb
fracture
/x
Noun, Verb
hew
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Name, Verb
hi
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Noun, Adjective
immunocytochemical
xxxxx/xx
Adjective, Noun
keep
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Verb, Noun
knock
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Verb, Noun
maul
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Noun, Verb
microscopy
x/xx
Noun
potomac
x/x
Name
put
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Verb, Noun
rejoice
x/
Verb
say
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Verb, Noun, Adverb
think
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Verb, Noun
today
x/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
unfinished
x/x
Adjective
withers
/x
Noun
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
fall
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Verb, Noun
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
off
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Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
die
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Verb, Noun
gloss
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Noun, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
pidgin
/x
Noun
get
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Verb, Noun
save
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Verb, Noun
backside
/x
Noun, Adjective