sectionalize

Verb (transitive)

sec=tion=al=ize

WORDNET DICTIONARY

sectionalize(v = verb.social) sectionalise - divide into sections, especially into geographic sections; "sectionalize a country"

is one way to carve up, dissever, divide, separate, split, split up

Derived form noun sectionalization₁

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

sectionalize, v. t.

To divide according to geographical sections or local interests. [1913 Webster]

"The principal results of the struggle were to sectionalize parties." [1913 Webster]

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