diverge
verb/daɪˈvɜrdʒ/
Frequency rank: #15,256 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
to separate and go in different directions
Example sentence
The two paths diverge at the edge of the forest, one leading to the river and the other to the village.
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