Divide+or+sever
51tear — I 1. verb 1) I tore up the letter Syn: rip up, rip in two, pull to pieces, shred 2) his flesh was torn Syn: lacerate, cut (open), gash, slash, scratch, hack, pierce …
52estrange — estrange, alienate, disaffect, wean are comparable when meaning to cause one to break a bond or tie of affection or loyalty. Estrange implies separation with consequent indifference or hostility; alienate may or may not suggest actual separation …
53segregate — vb *isolate, seclude, insulate, sequester Analogous words: *separate, divide, part, sever: *detach, disengage: *choose, select, single …
54wean — *estrange, alienate, disaffect Analogous words: *separate, part, divide, sunder, sever, divorce Antonyms: addict …
55liberate — v 1. free, enfranchise, affranchise, franchise, manumit, emancipate; deliver, rescue, ransom, redeem, Theol. save; release, loose, let loose, turn loose, set loose, set free, unpen, unmew, disimprison; disenthrall, unfetter, unbind, untie,… …
56loosen — v 1. slacken, slack, untighten, relieve tension, Obs. slake; relax, ease up or off. 2. remit, mitigate, assuage, allay, relieve, alleviate, palliate; mollify, moderate, modify, temper, subdue, chasten, soften, weaken, tone down; abate, reduce,… …
57release — v 1. set free, loose, set loose, let loose, turn loose, unpen, unmew, disimprison; acquit, exculpate, clear, exonerate, vindicate; dismiss, discharge, let go, let off, Inf. let off the hook; exempt, dispense with, relieve of, except from, exclude …
58unbind — v 1. release, disenthrall, extricate, free, liberate; set free, loose, set loose, let loose, turn loose, let go, unpen, unmew, disimprison; acquit, exculpate, clear, exonerate, vindicate; let go, dismiss, discharge, let off, Inf. let off the… …
59undo — v 1. annul, nullify, disannul, disestablish declare null and void, make void, quash, abolish; repeal, revoke, retract, rescind, abrogate; reverse, countermand, cancel, Law. nol pros; invalidate, vacate, vitiate; do away with, cut out, remove, put …
60pair — [n] two of something brace, combination, combine, combo, couple, deuce, doublet, duality, duo, dyad, match, mates, span, team, twins, two, two of a kind, twosome, yoke; concepts 432,784 Ant. one, single pair [v] make, become a twosome balance,… …
