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par·ti·tion (pär-tshn)
n.
1. The act or process of dividing something into parts.
2. The state of being so divided.
3. A wall, septum, or other separating membrane in an organism.
partition,
n the process of distributing an essential oil among several solvents by using the various soluble properties of the components within the essential oil.
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Where many of us recognize that the Israeli-Palestinian clash is a hangover from the national conflicts of the Cold War era, and one that has been exacerbated by the partitionist, divisive politics of the "peace process" instituted by Washington, the Israel-as-Enlightenment lobby sees it as a civilizational war in which Western values might be crushed by the enemies of progress.
Burdening Israel: the weight of being the bulwark of civilization by O'Neill, Brendan / The American Conservative
Talat has been accused of looking more like Denktash, tha uncompromising partitionist leader that dominated Turkish Cypriot politics for 40 years.
The end of the Cyprus Problem? by Cyprus Mail (Cyprus)
Republican cynics and unionists alike might say that if Sinn Fein are administering a partitionist state then they should use its proper name.
What's in a re-name? by The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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