Verb

• S: (v) decompose, break up, break down (separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts)
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• S: (v) separate (divide into components or constituents) "Separate the wheat from the chaff"
• S: (v) decompose, break up, break down (separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts)
• S: (v) dialyse, dialyze (separate by dialysis)
• S: (v) peptize, peptise (disperse in a medium into a colloidal state)
• S: (v) macerate (separate into constituents by soaking)
• S: (v) tease, card (separate the fibers of) "tease wool"
• S: (v) filter, filtrate, strain, separate out, filter out (remove by passing through a filter) "filter out the impurities"
• S: (v) extract (separate (a metal) from an ore)
• S: (v) fractionate (obtain by a fractional process)
• S: (v) fractionate (separate into constituents or fractions containing concentrated constituents)
• S: (v) sift, sieve, strain (separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements) "sift the flour"
• S: (v) wash (separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals))
• S: (v) disperse (separate (light) into spectral rays) "the prism disperses light"
• S: (v) avulse (separate by avulsion)
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• S: (v) disintegrate, decay, decompose (lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current) "the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process"
• S: (v) decompose, rot, molder, moulder (break down) "The bodies decomposed in the heat"