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DIVISIBLE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

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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

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Adjectives

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)

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