dissever

v., -ered, -er·ing, -ers.

v.tr.

1. To separate; sever.
2. To divide into parts; break up.

v.intr.
To become separated or disunited.

[Middle English disseveren, from Old French dessevrer, from Late Latin dissēparāre : Latin dis-, dis- + Latin sēparāre, to separate; see separate.]

disseverance dis·sev'er·ance or dis·sev'er·ment n.

verb

1. To separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument: carve, cleave¹, cut, sever, slice, slit, split. See assemble/disassemble.
2. To make a division into parts, sections, or branches: break up, divide, part, partition, section, segment, separate. See assemble/disassemble, part/whole.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: separate into parts or portions
  Synonyms: divide, split, split up, separate, carve up

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - adskille, partere, opdele
v. intr. - adskilles, parteres, opdeles

Nederlands (Dutch)
in stukken delen, scheiden

Français (French)
v. tr. - partager en, diviser, séparer
v. intr. - se casser, se détacher

Deutsch (German)
v. - trennen, zerlegen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αποκόπτω, αποτέμνω

Italiano (Italian)
separare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - separar(-se)

Русский (Russian)
разъединять, разделять

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - separar, dividir en partes
v. intr. - separarse

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - skilja åt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使分离, 使分裂, 分离, 分开

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使分離, 使分裂
v. intr. - 分離, 分開

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 분리하다, 분할하다
v. intr. - 분리되다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 分離する, 分割する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يفصل, يفرق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הפריד, ניתק‬
v. intr. - ‮הפריד, ניתק‬

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