halved

verb

past tense of halve
as in divided

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for halved
  1. divided
  2. quartered
  3. split
  4. bisected
  5. cleaved
  6. dissected
  7. separated
  8. severed
Verb
  • The first footage shows 30 participants transported to a real prison, where they’re divided into prisoners and guards.
    — Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026
  • His lawyers say the evidence instead showed Rivera, Nuhfer and their associates operating as equal partners, with payments divided equally and participants consulting one another rather than Rivera directing them.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of divided
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  • One of the animals had been fully skinned while the other had been quartered.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
  • The biggest games, the greatest stages, have been quartered off by a velvet rope.
    — Marcus Thompson II, New York Times, 13 June 2026
Definition of quartered
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  • This natural process splits water molecules and steadily produces pure hydrogen gas within the surrounding rock formations.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The two began dating in 2021 following Giancola’s split from ex-fiancé Christian Biscardi.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of split
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  • In 2022, Category 4 Hurricane Ian barreled ashore in southwestern Florida and then bisected the center of the state, causing more than 100 fatalities and billions of dollars in damage.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The largest building on campus is 350,000 square feet, the width of one football field and about three fields long, bisected by a single 900-foot hallway.
    — Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of bisected
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  • Near the end of the first century AD, in the highlands of northern Spain, the Roman governor, philosopher, and naturalist Pliny the Elder watched as mining cleaved a landscape.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026
  • District 8 was cleaved from parts of Districts 1 and 4 and includes Hunter’s Creek, Lake Nona, Moss Park, Williamsburg and Wyndham Lakes.
    — Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of cleaved
Verb
  • Holmes is no stranger to having her life and her persona as a supposedly brilliant female tech wunderkind dissected by others.
    — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Most of that gap came via the right arm of sophomore quarterback Ford Green, who dissected the Chargers, completing 14 of 18 passes for 257 yards and four touchdowns.
    — Joel Beers, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of dissected
Verb
  • And then around ’98, when William made this decision that fractured the community forever, the well-meaning adults separated the genders.
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026
  • This means that Cumberland in Western Maryland and Salisbury on the Eastern Shore — separated by the Chesapeake Bay and nearly the entire width of the state — could one day end up represented by the same member of Congress.
    — Colin Pascal, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of separated
Verb
  • The court later severed the joint lawsuit into individual cases.
    — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026
  • By weaving lasercomm links across space, airborne and terrestrial nodes alongside existing fiber and RF, leaders create self-healing mesh networks that guarantee mission-critical throughput even when primary links are severed or jammed.
    — Rohit Jha, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of severed
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“Halved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/halved. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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