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partition
 
NOUN:1. The act or an instance of separating one thing from another: detachment, disjunction, disjuncture, disseverance, disseverment, disunion, division, divorce, divorcement, parting, separation, severance, split. See ASSEMBLE, PART. 2. A solid structure that encloses an area or separates one area from another: barrier, wall. See INCLUDE, THING.
VERB:1. To make a division into parts, sections, or branches: break up, dissever, divide, part, section, segment, separate. See ASSEMBLE, PART. 2. To separate with or as if with a wall: fence, wall. See INCLUDE.
 
 
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