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present participle of bifurcate
Synonyms & Antonyms of bifurcating
formal
to undergo division into two parts
- The stream bifurcated into two narrow winding channels.
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for bifurcating
- bisecting,
- cleaving,
- dichotomizing,
- dissecting,
- fractionalizing,
- fractionating,
- halving,
- partitioning,
- quartering,
- segmenting,
- subdividing,
- trisecting
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for bifurcating
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“Bifurcating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bifurcating. Accessed 26 Jan. 2022.
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