Can "carve out" mean "devide into"?
In this sentence:
"Separatist rebels seeking to carve out a desert homeland began a rebellion in the west African state in January."
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carve out for yourself = take a piece of something for yourself
They want to take a piece of land and keep it for themselves as a desert homeland.
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These rebels were trying to create a homeland or region where they would develope and establish their own neighborhood or territory of land. They would create their own boundary by carving out or selecting the region they would adopt or take from the present country.
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"To carve out" means to separate from......
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carve something out
means to establish or to create something through painstaking effort
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