TRISECTS Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

trisects

verb

present tense third-person singular of trisect

as in dichotomizes

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Charles breaks up a fight between Russell Kind and Eli James and for the first time in history, Russell has a right to be angry.

— Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 11 July 2026
When the ice breaks up in spring, the water in a lake begins what is commonly called a turnover.

— Jack G. Mell, Outdoor Life, 2 July 2026

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Emergency services were sifting through the rubble of what used to be a nine-story building on the left bank of the Dnipro River that bisects the city as the sun rose and fires flared up around it.

— Gleb Garanich, USA Today, 2 July 2026
The dog is ahead and has stopped by the tree that bisects the diagonal; the girl with the bright red coat who seems to be paused behind him.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 June 2026

Definition of bisects

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While designing the Guggenheim in Bilbao, Spain, in the 1990s, the architect would sit by the river that bifurcates the city, looking at different metal treatments.

— Belinda Luscombe, Time, 6 Dec. 2025
For example, Highway 17 currently bifurcates a piece planners hope to lock in through Los Gatos.

— San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 July 2021

Definition of bifurcates

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There is one period in the middle of that when the team splits up to do 1-on-1 blocking and pass rushing with the linemen while the quarterbacks throw 7-on-7 passes to wide receivers defended by defensive backs and linebackers.

— Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026
But while rumors of separations and splits circulate the Bravosphere, Barlow, who has been married to her husband, John, for 22 years, is focused on her own relationship.

— Morgan Evans, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of splits

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This German production, predominantly shot in Ukraine, carefully dissects how a gender transition and Russia’s invasion converge on the love between Olya (Tania Myronyshena) and Oleh (Markus Bright).

— Sonya Vseliubska, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026
In the dark comedy Maddie’s Secret, Early dissects the odd eroticism of online food content.

— Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 June 2026

Definition of dissects

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Backups Lan Larison, Jam Miller and Myles Montgomery worked apart from Maye and the top three backs during a walkthrough 11-on-11 period that, in a regular-season setting, usually divides the starters from the scout-teamers.

— Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 10 Aug. 2026
But today’s Court often divides along stark ideological lines, and the liberals often sound truly distraught in their dissents.

— Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

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