5
uncouple(verb, break, part, separate, split)
5
unite(verb, hold, fix, secure, join)
4
amputate(verb, cut, separate, divide, curtail)
4
associate(verb, join, stick, unite, combine)
4
bond(verb, hold, fix, secure, join)
4
branch(verb, break, part, cut, separate)
4
breach(verb, break, crack, shatter)
4
burst(verb, break, hurt, open, crack)
4
chink(verb, notch)
4
combine(verb, stick, unite, link, bind)
4
cut apart(verb, expression, phrasal verb, cut, separate)
4
cut in two(verb, expression, idiom, cut, separate)
4
excise(verb, separate, dissociate)
4
fasten(verb, hold, fix, secure, join)
4
fell(verb, drop, cut, divide, curtail)
4
fork(verb, separate, open, crack, cross)
4
freeze to(verb, expression, phrasal verb, hold, take)
4
hold fast(verb, expression, idiom, hold, fix)
4
join(verb, hold, fix, secure, catch)
4
link(verb, hold, secure, join, stick)
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