| Dichotomize 1. (v. t.) To cut into two parts; to part into two divisions; to divide into pairs; to bisect. 2. (v. t.) To exhibit as a half disk. See Dichotomy. 3. (v. i.) To separate into two parts; to branch dichotomously; to become dichotomous. Thesaurus Entries abscind, annihilate, ax, ban, bar, bisect, bob, butcher, carve, chop, cleave, clip, crop, cull, cut, cut away, cut in two, cut off, cut out, dichotomize, dissever, dock, eliminate, enucleate, eradicate, except, excise, exclude, extinguish, extirpate, fissure, gash, hack, halve, hew, incise, isolate, jigsaw, knock off, lance, lop, mutilate, nip, pare, peel, pick out, prune, rend, rive, root out, rule out, saw, scissor, set apart, set aside, sever, shave, shear, slash, slice, slit, snip, split, stamp out, strike off, strip, strip off, sunder, take off, take out, tear, truncate, whittle, wipe out |