Meaning of in half | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Into two halves.
2. By a divisor of two; to a numerical value which is half of the original value.

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Examples

“I broke the brank in half.”

“Nicholas picked up Mr Lenville's ash stick which had flown out of his hand, and breaking it in half, threw him the pieces.”

“"Kindly take them in batches of ten sheets, and tear them in half, Dunstable."”

“A hero exhibiting “superhuman strength” has saved the life of a motorist trapped in a burning vehicle by bending the car's door in half with his bare hands.”

“A biotechnology cancer drug cuts in half the risk that one type of breast cancer will recur after surgery.”

“[H]e helped oversee a military offensive that cut the numbers of rebel forces in half to about 8,000 fighters.”

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