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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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.
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Erwin A. Bauer, Outdoor Life, 25 Dec. 2024
Below, the desert floor was bisected by the thin black line of the border wall.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2024
Between the lines: Precinct 133 is east of 1-77, bisected by Sam Furr Road.
—Alexandria Sands, Axios, 19 Nov. 2024
The first winter storm warning was issued for the Black Hills that bisect South Dakota and Wyoming.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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Erwin A. Bauer, Outdoor Life, 25 Dec. 2024
Below, the desert floor was bisected by the thin black line of the border wall.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2024
Between the lines: Precinct 133 is east of 1-77, bisected by Sam Furr Road.
—Alexandria Sands, Axios, 19 Nov. 2024
The first winter storm warning was issued for the Black Hills that bisect South Dakota and Wyoming.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Bisect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bisect. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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