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1) to prepare (land) by ploughing etc; help (crops) to grow (e.g. by breaking up the soil around them) (cultivate)

2) the breaking up or ending (of a marriage, partnership, formal meeting etc) (dissolution)

3) (to use) a heavy frame with metal teeth or discs for breaking up (ground) after ploughing (harrow)

4) a selection; a heavy tool with an iron head having two pointed ends, used for breaking up hard surfaces; a small, sharp pointed instrument: a toothpick; to take up, remove, pull away, (something) with the fingers (pick)

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dissolution

the breaking up or ending (of a marriage, partnership, formal meeting etc)

separation, rupture

division

the process of dividing or being divided

separation, disconnection

severance

severance pay' = money paid to an employee, e.g. when a contract has ended

division

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