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wedge

Block of triangular cross-section that can be used as a simple machine. An axe is a wedge: it splits wood by redirecting the energy of the downward blow sideways, where it exerts the force needed to split the wood.



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But my experience suggests that AIDS didn't behead the gay community; it drove a wedge between generations that neither side has done a very good job of bridging.
Across the gay divide by Rice, Christopher / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Because Frank's dream involves swimming, it dredges up an episode from his past, an incident that long ago turned Frank inward and drove a wedge between him and son Rob (Jamie Sives).
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He was attending drug recovery meetings, but the meetings drove a wedge between Handy and his wife, he said.
Dreams deferred by drug use by Mychalejko, Cyril / The Chicago Reporter
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