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dividing

NOUN

breaking

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detaching detachment parting partition separation

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attachment

WEAK

union

NOUN

calculation

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STRONGEST

arithmetic computation counting estimate estimation forecast judgment prediction

STRONG

figuring reckoning summation

WEAK

adding ciphering multiplying subtracting totaling

NOUN

comparison

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analogy connection contrast correlation example identification juxtaposition observation ratio relation resemblance similarity testing

STRONG

allegory association balancing collation comparability discrimination estimation exemplification illustration likeness likening measuring metaphor opposition segregation separation weighing

WEAK

analogizing analyzing bringing together collating distinguishing paralleling relating

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STRONGEST

difference disconnection dissimilarity unlikeness

NOUN

division

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STRONGEST

distribution

STRONG

analysis apportionment autopsy bisection breaking carving demarcation detachment diagnosis disjuncture dismemberment dissolution disunion divorce parceling parting partition reduction rupture segmentation selection severance subdivision vivisection

WEAK

breaking down breaking up contrasting cutting up departmentalizing detaching disparting disseverance distinguishing disuniting rending separating splitting up

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STRONG

attachment combination connection union

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accord agreement juncture system unification unison unity whole

NOUN

fission

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STRONG

division parting severance

WEAK

atom smashing atomic reaction nuclear fission splitting the atom thermonuclear reaction

NOUN

partition

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STRONGEST

barrier dissolution segregation separation

STRONG

allotment apportionment detachment disconnection distribution disunion hindrance obstruction parting portion rationing rupture screen severance share splitting wall

Antonyms

STRONG

aid assistance help promotion whole

WEAK

attachment juncture union unity

NOUN

severance

Synonyms

STRONG

analysis apportionment autopsy bisection breaking carving demarcation detachment diagnosis disjunction disjuncture dismemberment dissolution distribution disunion divorce divorcement parceling parting partition reduction rupture segmentation selection separation split subdivision vivisection

WEAK

breaking down breaking up contrasting cutting up departmentalizing detaching disparting disseverance disseverment distinguishing disuniting rending separating splitting up

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STRONG

attachment closing closure combination connection juncture marriage union

NOUN

sharing

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STRONGEST

allocation distribution

STRONG

partaking participating partition splitting

WEAK

companionate

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Senescent cells are cells that have permanently stopped dividing.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

This past week’s two-day summit barely addressed the many issues dividing the two countries.

From Slate • May 16, 2026

The author has been faithfully logging her own schedule for a full decade, dividing each day’s 24 hours into 30-minute increments on a spreadsheet.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

For years, technical fluency was the dividing line.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

Nobody worried about dividing by zero when conveniently ignoring the rules of mathematics explained everything from the fall of an apple to the orbits of the planets in the sky.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

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