"in half" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1905, P. G. Wodehouse, A Corner in Lines",
          "text": "Kindly take them in batches of ten sheets, and tear them in half, Dunstable.",
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          "ref": "2014 July 2, Adam Withnall, “Hero Good Samaritan bends car door in half”, in The Independent, UK, retrieved 2014-07-23",
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        "Into two halves."
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        "(set phrase) Into two halves."
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          "ref": "2005 April 26, Andrew Pollack, “Breast Cancer Recurrence Is Cut in Half by a Drug”, in New York Times, retrieved 2014-07-23",
          "text": "A biotechnology cancer drug cuts in half the risk that one type of breast cancer will recur after surgery.",
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          "ref": "2012 May 16, John Otis, “The Blast in Bogotá: A Reminder of Colombia's Unsolved Problems”, in Time, retrieved 2014-07-23",
          "text": "[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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        "By a divisor of two; to a numerical value which is half of the original value."
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        "(set phrase) By a divisor of two; to a numerical value which is half of the original value."
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  "word": "in half"
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        "(set phrase) Into two halves."
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