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DIVISIBLE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capable of being or liable to be divided or separated
Example:
the Americans fought a bloody war to prove that their nation is not divisible
Classified under:
Similar:
cleavable (capable of being cleaved)
dissociable; separable; severable (capable of being divided or dissociated)
dissociative (tending to produce dissociation)
dividable (can be divided usually without leaving a remainder)
partible ((of e.g. property) capable of being parted or divided)
Antonym:
indivisible (impossible of undergoing division)
Derivation:
divide (perform a division)
divide (come apart)
divide (make a division or separation)
divide (separate into parts or portions)