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cleave

/kliv/

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verb
separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
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"cleave the bone"

Similar:

rive split

type of:
tear
verb
come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
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Similar:

adhere cling cohere stick

type of:
contact touch meet adjoin
verb
make by cutting into
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"The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock"

type of:
create make

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