sectionalize

Verb
Synonyms: sectionalise

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Verb (1)

  1. divide into sections, especially into geographic sections“sectionalize a country”Synonyms: sectionaliseMore general divide, split

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Sec′tion·al·ize transitive verb

To divide according to geographical sections or local interests. US

The principal results of the struggle were to sectionalize parties.— {Nicolay, John George

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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