Schism Crossword Clue

We think the answer is "SPLIT" which means:

noun
• • Extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back)
• • An old croatian city on the adriatic sea
• • A bottle containing half the usual amount
• • A promised or claimed share of loot or money
• • A lengthwise crack in wood
• • An opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
• • A dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts
• • (tenpin bowling) a divided formation of pins left standing after the first bowl
• • An increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity
• • The act of rending or ripping or splitting something
• • Division of a group into opposing factions
adjective satellite
• • Having been divided; having the unity destroyed
• • (especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain
verb
• • Separate into parts or portions
• • Separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
• • Discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
• • Go one's own way; move apart
• • Come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
adjective
• • Divided.
• • (of a short exact sequence) having the middle group equal to the direct product of the others.
• • (of coffee) comprising half decaffeinated and half caffeinated espresso.
• • (of an order, sale, etc.) divided so as to be done or executed part at one time or price and part at another time or price.
• • (of quotations) given in sixteenths rather than eighths.
• • (london stock exchange) designating ordinary stock that has been divided into preferred ordinary and deferred ordinary.

An example sentence would be:

• • "There was a split down the middle of the road."
• • "We made a split decision to go separate ways."

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