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  1. adj. Divided into two equal pieces.
  2. v. simple past tense and past participle of bisect.

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  • “Narrow chin bisected by a small, full-lipped mouth.”

    CRUSH • by Alexander Burns

  • “The mountain chain that gave the region its name bisected the region, running all the way from the Black Sea to the Caspian.”

    Simon & Schuster: Deathride

  • “Updates, 4/17: In his interview for IFC News, Aaron Hillis asks Apichatpong Weerasethakul about censorship in Thailand, the sort of music he listens to, "bisected" structures, globalization and: "What was the last blockbuster that left you smiling?”

    GreenCine Daily: Syndromes and a Century.

  • bisected" structures, globalization and: "What was the last blockbuster that left you smiling?”

    GreenCine Daily

  • “Difficulties include a vast number of crossings at grade and a city both bordered and bisected by rivers, making system expansion even more expensive than merely acquiring rights of way and fending off NIMBY concerns.”

    Matthew Yglesias » Transit in St. Louis

  • “February 26th, 2009 at 8: 02 pm so let me get this right, a return to 1967 borders EXCEPT the fact that Israel is bisected so that the warring Gaza Strip and West Bank can be connected??”

    Matthew Yglesias » Sari Nusseibeh’s Big Idea for Peace in the Middle East

  • “Watahpur is bisected by the Pech River Valley, where in recent months several U.S. military bases and smaller combat outposts were handed over to the Afghan army.”

    USA Today: U.S., Afghan forces target mountains

  • “There was a tiny lake back there, bisected by the road, and some truly gorgeous houses.”

    It's All Downhill From Here

  • “Indigenous people along the border have been forced by border patrol to carry and provide proof of tribal membership when moving across their traditional lands that have been bisected by this imposed border; a border that has been extremely damaging to the cultural and spiritual practices of these communities.”

    Archive 2010-05-01

  • “As of 1985, a zone of barbed wire and minefields bisected Europe, dividing the Western industrialized democracies of NATO from the communist Warsaw Pact.”

    Simon & Schuster: The Return

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