carve up
Slice into portions
To carve up is to divide something into portions, often aggressively or without regard for natural boundaries.
Powers carve up territories after wars.
Corporations carve up markets.
The phrase suggests cutting that serves the carvers' interests: The victors carved up the defeated empire among themselves.
A carve-up (noun) is such a division, often implying a backroom deal.
partition
Barrier separating spaces
segment · subdivide · apportion · portion · parcel · section · break up · quarter · halve · demarcate
autopsy
Medical examination after death
dissection · anatomy · cadaver · specimen · biopsy · necropsy · pathology · forensic · tissue · examine
- dividing and givingdistribute, allocate, divide, give, share
- separationseparate, sieving, straining, divide, filtration
- imperialismempire building, colonization, imperial expansion, British Empire, colonies
carve upunite
Bring together as one
unify · merge · consolidate · combine · join
carve upmaintain
Keep in condition
preserve · keep together · hold together · protect · safeguard
carve upcentralize
Unify under single control
consolidate · monopolize · concentrate · pool · amass
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