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Synonyms for split

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for split

to separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument

to undergo partial breaking

to separate or pull apart by force

to become or cause to become apart one from another

to break away or withdraw from membership in an association or a federation

to terminate a relationship or an association by or as if by leaving one another

the result of cutting

a usually narrow partial opening caused by splitting and rupture

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Synonyms for split

extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back)

a bottle containing half the usual amount

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a promised or claimed share of loot or money

a lengthwise crack in wood

an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart

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an old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea

a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts

(tenpin bowling) a divided formation of pins left standing after the first bowl

an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity

the act of rending or ripping or splitting something

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division of a group into opposing factions

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separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument

come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure

having been divided

(especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain

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References in periodicals archive ?
Because the voters may rank these candidates consecutively, these candidates may compete against one another without "splitting the vote" and "losing the election, as would happen with FPTP.
But Democrats know they cannot bank on splitting the vote, nor should they want to.
As I have no background in politics, why the interest in your not splitting the vote and allowing the Lib-Dems victory?
BNP deputy leader Simon Darby said "It's not a good time to be involved in Northern Ireland politics." The party is also worried about "splitting the vote".
Their failure was blamed on splitting the vote with other nationalist parties.