1. 拆散;分割;瓜分
If you say that someone carves something up, you disapprove of the way they have divided it into small parts.

2. (用刀)割伤，砍伤
To carve someone up means to hurt them badly using a knife.

1. separate into parts or portions

e.g. divide the cake into three equal parts
The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I

Synonym: dividesplitsplit upseparatedissever