1. 19 The dark days when imperialism could carve up the world at will are gone for ever.

2. Since he knew I worked in an abattoir, he told me to... to carve up the... the breasts and the uterus.

3. In the modern time, the imperialist powers eyed China covetously. Once the time was ripe, they began to carve up China.

4. 30 The national movement against the victorious Allies of World War I revoked the terms of the treaty which sought to carve up the Ottoman Empire.

5. Balkanize: 1 v divide a territory into small, hostile states Synonyms: Balkanise Type of: carve up , dissever , divide , separate , split , split up separate into parts or portions

6. An unnecessary and expensive piece of work, especially one paid for by the public: Environmentalists call the road a Boondoggle that would carve up one of the largest mountain wildernesses left in the East

7. If we were to leave them out on the land, it's actually bad for the pastures because they carve up the grass and it hasn't got enough time to recover for the next spring.