disagreement, dissonance, dissension - a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters

line - a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent

continental divide - the watershed of a continent (especially the watershed of North America formed by a series of mountain ridges)

Great Divide - that part of the continental divide formed by the Rocky Mountains in the United States

change integrity - change in physical make-up

subdivide - divide into smaller and smaller pieces; "This apartment cannot be subdivided any further!"

initialise, initialize, format - divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data; "Please format this disk before entering data!"

sectionalise, sectionalize - divide into sections, especially into geographic sections; "sectionalize a country"

triangulate - divide into triangles or give a triangular form to; "triangulate the piece of cardboard"

unitise, unitize - divide (bulk material) and process as units

lot - divide into lots, as of land, for example

parcel - divide into parts; "The developers parceled the land"

sliver, splinter - divide into slivers or splinters

paragraph - divide into paragraphs, as of text; "This story is well paragraphed"

canton - divide into cantons, of a country

Balkanise, Balkanize - divide a territory into small, hostile states

arithmetic - the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations

compute, calculate, cipher, cypher, figure, reckon, work out - make a mathematical calculation or computation

halve - divide by two; divide into halves; "Halve the cake"

quarter - divide by four; divide into quarters

change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"

subdivide - form into subdivisions; "The cells subdivided"

polarise, polarize - become polarized in a conflict or contrasting situation

calve, break up - release ice; "The icebergs and glaciers calve"

break away, chip, chip off, come off, break off - break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped"

disjoin, disjoint - become separated, disconnected or disjoint

come away, come off, detach - come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery"

segregate - divide from the main body or mass and collect; "Many towns segregated into new counties"; "Experiments show clearly that genes segregate"

segment - divide or split up; "The cells segmented"

reduce - undergo meiosis; "The cells reduce"

section, segment - divide into segments; "segment an orange"; "segment a compound word"

partition, partition off - divide into parts, pieces, or sections; "The Arab peninsula was partitioned by the British"

discerp, dismember, take apart - divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up"; "The Empire was discerped after the war"

gerrymander - divide unfairly and to one's advantage; of voting districts

partition, zone - separate or apportion into sections; "partition a room off"

break - destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments; "He broke the glass plate"; "She broke the match"

break up, dissipate, scatter, dispel, disperse - to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"

rail off, rail - separate with a railing; "rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace"

detach - military use: separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment; "detach a regiment"

close off, shut off - isolate or separate

compartmentalise, compartmentalize, cut up - separate into isolated compartments or categories; "You cannot compartmentalize your life like this!"

polarise, polarize - cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions

keep apart, sequestrate, set apart, isolate, sequester - set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"

disjoin, disjoint - make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of

disarticulate, disjoint - separate at the joints; "disjoint the chicken before cooking it"

disconnect - make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten

cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope"

tear - to separate or be separated by force; "planks were in danger of being torn from the crossbars"

joint - separate (meat) at the joint

gin - separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin

break - separate from a clinch, in boxing; "The referee broke the boxers"

sever, break up - set or keep apart; "sever a relationship"

rupture, tear, snap, bust - separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper"

move, displace - cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"