bifurcateverb [ I ]
uk/ˈbaɪ.fə.keɪt/us/ˈbaɪ.fɚ.keɪt/formal(of roads, rivers, branches, etc.) to divide into two parts:
A sample of water was taken from the point where the river bifurcates.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Separating and dividing
- atomize
- bifurcation
- bisect
- borderline
- branch
- break sth up
- dismember
- dissociate
- dissociate yourself from sth
- disunite
- divide
- divide/split (sth) down the middle idiom
- drift
- quarter
- ravel
- resolve
- resolve sth into sth
- rive
- riven
- tear 1
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