sectioned

Cut into parts

Sectioned means divided into sections or parts.

A sectioned grapefruit has been cut into segments.

Sectioned hair is parted for styling.

In British usage, to be sectioned is to be involuntarily committed to a psychiatric hospital under the Mental Health Act: He was sectioned after the breakdown.

This sense appears in news and casual speech alike.

divided

segmented

Divided into sections

subdividedSplit into smaller parts
partitionedDivided into distinct sections
slicedDivided by cutting

quartered · halved · dissected · bisected · carved · split · compartmentalized · portioned · fragmented · diced

psychiatric

committed

Firmly pledged or bound

detainedHeld against one's will
hospitalizedSent for inpatient care
involuntaryNot under conscious control

compulsory · certified · institutionalized · admitted · held · confined · evaluated · assessed · treated · inpatient

isolated

cordoned

Sealed off an area

barricadedSealed off defensively
enclosedSurrounded and sealed within
sealedClosed to prevent entry

blocked · restricted · quarantined · fenced · walled · sequestered · confined · separated · demarcated · bounded

sectioned

segmented

committed

cordoned

sectioned

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