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halve
verb
1 halve the tomatoes and scoop out the pips:
cut in half, divide into two equal parts, divide in two, split in two, sever in two, divide equally, share equally, bisect.
2 interest rates have halved:
reduce by fifty per cent, decrease by fifty per cent, lessen by fifty per cent.
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