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as in: cleave through Define
to split something -- especially with violent force
or:
to cut through something
- The Cloven Tree
- Don't look away from me to that cloven tree; it is a bad omen."
- The battle axe is a weapon used to cleave skulls or decapitate.
- He scrambled back as the giant's spear cleaved the ground between his feet.Rick Riordan -- The Lost Hero
- I was sure that you meant to cleave to me, as you had said; that you had rejected him; that you struggled to renounce him, for Lucy's sake and for mine.
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as in: cleave through Define
to split something -- especially with violent force
or:
to cut through something
as in: cleave to
Define
to hold firmly to something -- such as an object, a person or idea
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