Synonyms of ramify

ramify

verb

ˈra-mə-ˌfī 

as in to divide

to set or force apart

the rise of cable television ramified the audience, creating ever smaller segments for an ever growing array of programming choices

Synonyms & Similar Words

• divide
• split
• separate
• disconnect
• resolve
• sever
• dissever
• disjoin
• dissociate
• isolate
• disunite
• part
• disassociate
• detach
• break up
• sunder
• divorce
• disjoint
• decompose
• pull
• decouple
• dissect
• uncouple
• subdivide
• disintegrate
• unlink
• dissolve
• unyoke
• bifurcate
• fragment
• cleave
• segment
• bisect
• fractionate
• dichotomize
• unravel
• break down
• partition
• rupture
• segregate
• tear
• rip
• rend
• halve
• quarter
• rift
• disassemble
• fractionalize
• fracture
• cut off
• fragmentate
• insulate
• rive
• break
• trisect
• fragmentize
• disengage
• disentangle
• seclude
• sequester
• untie

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• join
• unite
• unify
• link
• combine
• mix
• connect
• blend
• assemble
• associate
• couple
• mingle
• accumulate
• bind
• close
• attach
• stick
• fasten
• fuse
• knit
• agglutinate
• weld
• cement

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ramify

Derivatives also had the habit of magnifying volatility as the risk ramified from the underlying asset— interest rates, commodities, bonds—into the derivatives like a fuse setting off a bomb. — Scott Patterson, Fortune, 13 June 2023

The theme ramified in a couple of directions, including Alabama’s death row. — al, 21 Feb. 2023

For an object that is fundamentally a box, designed to keep things inside it, the shipping container is a remarkable lesson in the uncontainable nature of modern life—the way our choices, like our goods, ramify around the world. — Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 30 May 2022

The outcome of the Kings River conflict will ramify throughout the Central Valley and the state. — Susie Cagle, Wired, 12 Apr. 2022

But in complex technological systems, small mistakes may rapidly ramify and compound into large problems. — Naomi Oreskes, Scientific American, 16 Aug. 2021

But as the forking paths continue to ramify, Truth is to be found not in one place, but everywhere. — Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 5 Jan. 2021

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