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 be removed or divided from a whole; to be cut; to be severed.
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to cause to come apart by force; to split sharply into pieces; to break.
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to be broken (into pieces).
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to pull or pull out (as a flower from a plant).
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to be shattered and defeated.
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to be divided into parts or shares (as a property among heirs).
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to go away (to a distant place or as not to be seen again).
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to win a victory over; to defeat.
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to damage or destroy.
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to cause to become useless or futile.
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to cause to die; to put to death; to kill.
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to make a mess of; to spoil the prospects; to be detrimental in the course of success.
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to be spoilt; to become useless or utterly ineffective.
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to transgress, violte, overstep (a norm, limit, law, etc.).
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(the point or blade of a weapon) to become blunt; to lose sharpness.
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(a pointed weapon, instrument, etc.) to pass into or through (an object).
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to be destroyed.
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to become waste; to be spent uselessly or unnecessarily.
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to prevent from doing, going, etc.; to obstruct.
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to cease to live; to die.
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to deduct, on some account, a certain portion from the amount payable to another.
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to be exchanged for something else (as bill of exchange for cash or a currency note of higher denomination for notes or coins of smaller denominations).