verb
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to remove or divide into parts with a sharp-edged instrument; to sever; to cut.
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to prevent (something undesireable) from happening; to free from bad, evil things.
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to prove (a person, statement, etc.) to be in error or false; to overcome by argument or proof; to disprove; to refute; to confute.
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to speak to in disapproval; to rebuke; to express disapproval of (something done or said); to censure; to reprove.