separate
/ˈsepəreɪt/ verbDefinition
DIVIDE [I, T] › to divide into parts, or to make something divide into parts: I separated the class into three groups.
MOVE APART [I, T] › to move apart, or to make people move apart: I shall separate you two if you don't stop talking.
HUSBAND/WIFE [I] › to start to live in a different place from your husband or wife because the relationship has ended: My parents separated when I was four.
(Definition of separate verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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