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SECTIONALIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they sectionalize ... he / she / it sectionalizes
Past simple: sectionalized
Past participle: sectionalized
-ing form: sectionalizing
Sense 1
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)
