7
dividing(noun, division, separation, screen, detachment)
7
segmentation(noun, division, separation, recognition, detachment)
7
splitting up(noun, expression, division, separation, detachment)
6
cleavage(noun, break, crack, gap, disjunction)
6
disjuncture(noun, part, dispute, split, division)
6
dissociation(noun, split, division, separation, departure)
5
analysis(noun, division, separation, detachment, partition)
5
breaking(noun, break, division, separation, departure)
5
disaccord
5
disconnection(noun, break, halt, delay, dispute)
5
dispersal
5
disruption(noun, trouble, delay, division, disturbance)
5
dissimilarity(noun, difference, distinction, variation, unlikeness)
5
fission(noun, calculation, partition, disjunction, vivisection)
5
fracture(noun, break, crack, division, separation)
5
scission(noun, disjunction)
5
segregation(noun, split, division, separation, screen)
5
severing(noun, separation, disconnection)
4
abscission(noun, disjunction)
4
avulsion
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