Semicolons are used to mark a break between two parts of a sentence. Usually the two parts that are separated in this way are Finite Clauses, which could stand as sentences in their own right. You use a semicolon because you want to show that there is a close link between them:
He loved chasing women, but did not like them; it was the chase that excited him.
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