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Definition
to split something — especially with violent force
or:
to cut through something
or:
to cut through something
- This self-respect and sense of self-worth, the innermost armament of the soul, lies at the heart of humanness; to be deprived of it is to be dehumanized, to be cleaved from, and cast below, mankind.p. 182.9
cleaved = split
- But she couldn't cleave him from alcoholism or his murderous obsession.p. 367.4
cleave = split
There are no more uses of "cleave" in Unbroken by Hillenbrand.
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