noun
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a cutting assunder or off; a breaking of.
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an opening made by or as by cleaving; crack; crevice.
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an obstacle; an impediment.
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the act of separating or being separatred.
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the act of doing away with as if by effacing; obliteration.
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the act or an instance of stealing; theft.
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a dividing line between two countries, states, etc. or the land along it; a frontier; a border.
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a stop or break in speaking or reading, which clarifies meaning; a pause.