Another word for separate
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Verb
To become or cause to become apart one from another
Idioms:See also:To make a division into parts, sections, or branches
To distribute into groups according to kinds
See also:To recognize as being different
See also:To set apart from a group
See also:To terminate a relationship or an association by or as if by leaving one another
To release from military duty
Adjective
Being or related to a distinct entity
See also:Alone in a given category
Idioms:See also:
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Another word for separate
Verb
To keep apart
To part company
See also:To classify
Synonym Study
- Sunder , now largely a literary term, implies a violent splitting, tearing, or wrenching apart
- Part is now usually applied to the separation of persons or things that have been closely connected or associated refused to part with his teddy bear sever implies a forcible and complete separation, as by cutting off a part from a whole to sever a branch from a tree, severed all relations with her brother
- Divide implies a separation into parts, pieces, groups, etc. by or as by cutting, splitting, branching, etc., often for purposes of apportionment to divide the profits into equal shares
- Separate implies the putting apart of things previously united, joined, or assembled to separate machine parts, a family, etc.
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