split
B2Frequent NGSL-2UK /splɪt/US /splɪt/
Meaning
noun
an argument or disagreement that divides a group of people or makes somebody separate from somebody else
“Ten years after their acrimonious split, the band has reformed.”
verb
to divide, or to make something divide, into two or more parts
“split something, He was a member of the team that split the atom in 1932.”
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