as in divided
to set or force apart
placed the dissevered pieces of chicken in the roasting pan
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as in severed
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Verb
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The resort is divided into domestic and international zones.—
Jeanne Bonner,
CNN Money,
6 Sep. 2025 -
Choose the Right Varieties Garlic is divided into two main categories, and there are numerous cultivars of each type to choose from.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Professor Orloff is a severed head that floats in a jar.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
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The project, which was written by Cesar Vitale, winner of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting, follows a lonely woman (Alcock) who mistakenly receives a severed thumb in the mail.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
28 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Though, with modular parts, the arms and seats can be separated to make moving easier.—
Zoë Sessums,
Architectural Digest,
4 Sep. 2025
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The two, who share three children, separated in July 2021 and finalized their divorce in September 2022.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Three billion people remain offline — disconnected from the digital economy and systems that drive global progress.—
Semafor Events,
semafor.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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That blending of human and machine work can leave people disconnected from one another.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Others view it as a brazen attempt to split up Kansas City’s minority voters.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
9 Sep. 2025
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That resulted in a hung parliament split between the National Rally, the left-wing New Popular Front, and Macron’s Renaissance bloc.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The audience watched quietly until Matthew McConaughey, sporting a parted blond bowl cut and ferrying students to some end-of-year fun, delivered a signature bit of dialogue.—
Hillary Kelly,
The Atlantic,
6 June 2025
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With partner Jean Pierre Daguerre, Moulton raised sheep and cattle, but when the sheep part of the enterprise did not go well, the two parted ways and Moulton concentrated on cattle ranching.—
Penny E Schwartz,
Oc Register,
19 May 2025
Adjective
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Since then, attorneys and judges have overseen multiple lenient plea deals and case dismissals, while local prosecutors reviewed hundreds of active and resolved cases that Tran investigated.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Julianne Nicholson was about 7 when her parents, who lived outside of Boston, divorced.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Aug. 2025
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Gay couples are adopting or using fertility services; divorced parents are finding new partners and creating big blended families; friends are platonically co-parenting.—
Faith Hill,
The Atlantic,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Dissevered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissevered. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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