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adjective

as in divided

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verb

past tense of ramify
as in separated
to set or force apart the rise of cable television ramified the audience, creating ever smaller segments for an ever growing array of programming choices

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ramified
  1. divided
  2. separated
  3. severed
  4. disconnected
  5. split
  6. discontinuous
  7. resolved
  8. uncoupled
Adjective
  • There was our American citizenship—India, thanks to a post-colonial suspicion of divided loyalties, does not allow dual citizenship—but also the matter of our parents.
    — Karan Mahajan, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2026
  • This week, the sport’s most powerful institutions offered competing solutions—and exposed how divided racing is over its future.
    — Nicole Kraft, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of divided
Verb
  • These elements are produced alongside californium-252 and need to be separated during processing.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The boy had lived with his grandparents for 12 years after his parents had separated, Atthapol said.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of separated
Adjective
  • According to the full plot description on Amazon, our protagonists have more to worry about than just severed fingers.
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 19 Mar. 2026
  • The inciting incident for the new story comes after the principal of the high school receives a severed human finger in the mail, sending the parents into an uproar.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 19 Mar. 2026
Definition of severed
Verb
  • There’s a version of this character that’s just the fool, and you’re disconnected from him, but Matthew takes you on a journey with this character.
    — Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026
  • If a company’s systems are disconnected, AI may not deliver its full value.
    — John F. McQuillan, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of disconnected
Adjective
  • The details are everything on this popover top, from the split hem to the low V-neckline.
    — Cheryl Wagemann, InStyle, 7 Aug. 2026
  • While Instagram’s Mosseri is in favor, many Americans remain split.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of split
Adjective
  • The gin is produced using the traditional discontinuous, indirect steam distillation method on a base of Italian grain alcohol, allowing each botanical to be infused gradually and with precision.
    — Jillian Dara, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • In other words, the global village attempts to describe rather than celebrate a new situation, a new way of being in the western world which is disincarnate and discontinuous.
    — Brian A. Cogan, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 May 2026
Definition of discontinuous
Adjective
  • There's a difference between a closed ticket and a resolved issue.
    — Amit Mathradas, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Contracts should reward resolved calls and cleared backlogs, and delivery risk should sit with the vendors.
    — Tom Dowling, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of resolved
Adjective
  • An absurdist black comedy that satirizes our culture's discomfort around uncoupled people, The Lobster asks what would happen if singles were given 45 days to find a mate, or be transformed into the animal of their choice.
    — Ilana Gordon, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Feb. 2026
  • To prevent releasing any asbestos, whole sections of the old pipe are uncoupled from their connections without cutting.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2025
Definition of uncoupled
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