in half

Definitions

1. 1

   Into two halves.

   • 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."
2. 2

   By a divisor of two

   By a divisor of two; to a numerical value which is half of the original value.

   • 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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