Meaning of CARVE UP

WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[v]  separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"
	Synonyms:		dissever, divide, separate, split, split up
	Antonyms:		unify, unite
	See Also:		Balkanise, Balkanize, break, canton, change integrity, format, initialise, initialize, lot, paragraph, parcel, sectionalise, sectionalize, sliver, splinter, subdivide, triangulate, unitise, unitize