Definition of "bifurcates" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bifurcate. (verb)

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• "This term bifurcates what is actually a closed system, dividing humanity from the Earth."
• "Reality bifurcates and splinters every second and sometimes, with a shudder and whip, a person can jump the tracks over onto the wrong set of rails."
• "The car rides low and stolid, like a limo, probably because its main battery, which runs the length of the chassis and bifurcates the rear seat, limiting the likelihood of three passengers or recumbent teenage sex also weighs as much as a fully stocked Maytag refrigerator."