separating

About 5.95 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of separate
2. noun An instance of separating.
3. adjective Capable of being opened and having its two sided completely detached from one another rather than just being opened for most of its length.

Similar words

apart segregated isolable discrete abstracted detached removed disjoint disjunct disjoined

Often followed by

the them from it and out a two these