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The Clue

Sever (6 letter answer)

The Answer

DIVIDE

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Notes

The answer DIVIDE is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 900 puzzles.

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Definition

DIVIDE as a noun:

1. a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility)
2. (watershed, water parting, divide) = a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems

DIVIDE as a verb:

1. (divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up) = separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"
2. (divide, fraction) = perform a division; "Can you divide 49 by seven?"
3. (separate, divide) = act as a barrier between; stand between; "The mountain range divides the two countries"
4. (separate, divide, part) = come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated"
5. (separate, divide) = make a division or separation
6. (separate, disunite, divide, part) = force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"