All branched synonyms
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B b verb branched
- break up β When something breaks up or when you break it up, it separates or is divided into several smaller parts.
- partition β a division into or distribution in portions or shares.
- subdivide β to divide (that which has already been divided) into smaller parts; divide again after a first division.
- segregate β to separate or set apart from others or from the main body or group; isolate: to segregate exceptional children; to segregate hardened criminals.
- carve β If you carve an object, you make it by cutting it out of a substance such as wood or stone. If you carve something such as wood or stone into an object, you make the object by cutting it out.
- break down β If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working.
- rive β to tear or rend apart: to rive meat from a bone.
- splinter β a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- rip β to cut or tear apart in a rough or vigorous manner: to rip open a seam; to rip up a sheet.
- disband β to break up or dissolve (an organization): They disbanded the corporation.
- crack β If something hard cracks, or if you crack it, it becomes slightly damaged, with lines appearing on its surface.
- open β not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night.
- traverse β to pass or move over, along, or through.
- span β the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- unite β to join, combine, or incorporate so as to form a single whole or unit.
- veer β to change direction or turn about or aside; shift, turn, or change from one course, position, inclination, etc., to another: The speaker kept veering from his main topic. The car veered off the road.
- deviate β To deviate from something means to start doing something different or not planned, especially in a way that causes problems for others.
- stray β to deviate from the direct course, leave the proper place, or go beyond the proper limits, especially without a fixed course or purpose; ramble: to stray from the main road.
- radiate β to extend, spread, or move like rays or radii from a center.
- break β When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
- cut β If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.
- tear β the act of tearing.
- isolate β to set or place apart; detach or separate so as to be alone.
- rend β to separate into parts with force or violence: The storm rent the ship to pieces.
- dissociate β to sever the association of (oneself); separate: He tried to dissociate himself from the bigotry in his past.
- disunite β to sever the union of; separate; disjoin.
- dismember β to deprive of limbs; divide limb from limb: The ogre dismembered his victims before he ate them.
- sever β to separate (a part) from the whole, as by cutting or the like.
- disengage β to release from attachment or connection; loosen; unfasten: to disengage a clutch.
- segment β one of the parts into which something naturally separates or is divided; a division, portion, or section: a segment of an orange.
- section β a part that is cut off or separated.
- sunder β to separate; part; divide; sever.
- shear β to cut (something).
- dissever β to sever; separate.
- loose β free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.
- intersect β to cut or divide by passing through or across: The highway intersects the town.
- disentangle β Free (something or someone) from an entanglement; extricate.
- disjoin β to undo or prevent the junction or union of; disunite; separate.
- unbind β to release from bonds or restraint, as a prisoner; free.
- undo β to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done: Murder once done can never be undone.
- detach β If you detach one thing from another that it is fixed to, you remove it. If one thing detaches from another, it becomes separated from it.
- rupture β the act of breaking or bursting: The flood led to the rupture of the dam.
- demarcate β If you demarcate something, you establish its boundaries or limits.
- cleave β To cleave something means to split or divide it into two separate parts, often violently.
- quarter β crumb
- bisect β If something long and thin bisects an area or line, it divides the area or line in half.
- halve β to divide into two equal parts.
- dissect β to cut apart (an animal body, plant, etc.) to examine the structure, relation of parts, or the like.
- chop β If you chop something, you cut it into pieces with strong downward movements of a knife or an axe.
- divorce β a divorced man.