bifurcate
to divide or fork into two branches or parts
Word origin: From Latin bifurcus, two-pronged (bi- two plus furca fork).
Bifurcate in a sentence
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The river bifurcates just north of the city, creating a small island in its center.
The proposal would bifurcate the agency into separate regulatory and enforcement bodies.
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The startup's early growth, impressive as it looked on paper, rested on a blank foundation, for a single lost contract was enough to push the firm to the brink of collapse.
Using “bifurcate” well
Bifurcate specifically means to split into two branches, narrower than the general divide. The forking is the defining feature.
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