bisect

Example Sentences

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Bluffton is bisected by the May River, which isn't a river at all, but more like a river-shaped bay, fed by the tides of the Atlantic.

From Salon

Each bisected subject is matched with five blocks of the flip side of another person, so together they constitute a single, if cut-up, entity.

From Washington Post

Highway 99 bisects South Park, leaving a swath of homes bordered by Highway 99 to the east and Highway 509 to the west.

From Seattle Times

The Ukrainians’ preferred battle plan in coming weeks is thought to be a run south to bisect the V-shaped territory Russia controls in southeastern Ukraine.

From Los Angeles Times

The U.S. in the past has blocked the project, which would largely bisect the West Bank and which critics say would make it impossible to establish a viable Palestinian state alongside Israel.

From Washington Times