as in to intersect
to divide by passing through or across
the infamous concrete wall that once bisected the city of Berlin, Germany
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Recent Examples of bisect
Police removed a car matching the description from Bill Edwards Drive, which bisects the Wittenberg campus, but said nothing suspicious was found.
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Bob Vitale, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2024
The canal bisects Panama, running 51 miles end to end.
—Alma Solís, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
Many of his mixed media works are busy, bisected, and richly colored.
—Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 19 Dec. 2024
Frank Sayers, Tom Reynolds, Vic Silk, my sons Park and Bob, and I were deployed at intervals along an old logging road which bisected the bog.
—Erwin A. Bauer, Outdoor Life, 25 Dec. 2024
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Bob Vitale, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2024
The canal bisects Panama, running 51 miles end to end.
—Alma Solís, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
Many of his mixed media works are busy, bisected, and richly colored.
—Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 19 Dec. 2024
Frank Sayers, Tom Reynolds, Vic Silk, my sons Park and Bob, and I were deployed at intervals along an old logging road which bisected the bog.
—Erwin A. Bauer, Outdoor Life, 25 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for bisect
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“Bisect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bisect. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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