Both Uses of
partition
in
Hiroshima, by John Hersey
- The hospital was in horrible confusion: heavy partitions and ceilings had fallen on patients, beds had overturned, windows had blown in and cut people, blood was spattered on the walls and floors, instruments were everywhere, many of the patients were running about screaming, many more lay dead.†
Chpt 1
- Ceilings and partitions had fallen; plaster, dust, blood, and vomit were everywhere.†
Chpt 3 *
Definition:
something that divides space
or: the act of dividing into parts, or a divided part
or: the act of dividing into parts, or a divided part