SECTIONALIZE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they sectionalize ... he / she / it sectionalizes

Past simple: sectionalized

Past participle: sectionalized

-ing form: sectionalizing

Meaning:

Divide into sections, especially into geographic sections

Example:

sectionalize a country

Synonyms:

sectionalise; sectionalize

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "sectionalize" is one way to...):

carve up; dissever; divide; separate; split; split up (separate into parts or portions)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

sectionalization (the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart)