cleave (v.)
- accelerate
- activate
- adhere
- agglomerate
- amputate
- associate
- atomize
- ax
- bifurcate
- bisect
- bite
- bombard
- branch
- breach
- break
- broach
- bunch
- butcher
- carve
- check
- chink
- chop
- clasp
- clench
- clinch
- cling
- clip
- clot
- cluster
- clutch
- coagulate
- cohere
- combine
- congeal
- conglomerate
- conjoin
- crack
- cut
- demolish
- dichotomize
- disassemble
- disintegrate
- dismantle
- dissect
- dissever
- ditch
- divaricate
- divide
- divorce
- embrace
- excise
- fissure
- fork
- fracture
- fragment
- furrow
- gap
- gash
- grapple
- grasp
- grip
- gripe
- groove
- hack
- halve
- hew
- hold
- hug
- incise
- join
- lance
- link
- mass
- nip
- ope
- open
- pare
- part
- persist
- prune
- pulverize
- ramify
- rend
- rent
- rift
- rip
- rive
- rupture
- saw
- scissor
- separate
- set
- sever
- shatter
- slash
- slice
- slit
- slot
- smash
- snip
- solidify
- split
- spread
- stay
- stick
- subdivide
- sunder
- tap
- tear
- total
- transect
- trench
- undo
- unite
- unmake
- whittle
- wreck