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To set or keep apart; divide or separate.
(verb-transitive)
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To cut off (a part) from a whole.
(verb-transitive)
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To break up (a relationship, for example); dissolve. See Synonyms at separate.
(verb-transitive)
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To become cut or broken apart.
(verb-intransitive)
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To become separated or divided from each other.
(verb-intransitive)
American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.