partition
noun
a division into or distribution in portions or shares.
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
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If peace talks with Algerian nationalists fail, De Gaulle went on, he will partition Algeria, regrouping French Algerians and pro-French Moslems in the coastal cities.
From Time Magazine Archive
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