to sever
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5.6
- verb
- /ˈsɛvər/
:
cortar
- She decided to sever all ties with the organization that no longer aligned with her values.
- a severed head
- a severed nerve
- a severed limb
Break the neck, sever the spinal cord, and death results.
- Break the neck, sever the spinal cord, and death results.
- For me, that is absolutely the easiest part of the body to sever and eat.
- General Edmund Allenby, the British commander, got a fighting spider whose jaws could sever a scorpion's tail.
- Murad boasts that he will sever Frenchman's heads like slicing watermelons in a field.
- Efforts are thus made to sever or divide the legal portion from the portion which is illegal.
- When they yank up on him, the straps from the parachute yank up into him and they one of the straps severs his testicle.
- At this moment, on this earth, mostly in desert, many arms are not recovered after the device goes off and the limbs sever.
Examples
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The Heidegger establishment has been intent on severing Heidegger's thought from that of Nietzsche.
Academic text (1994) -
Efforts are thus made to sever or divide the legal portion from the portion which is illegal.
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As long as the roots are not severed... all is well.
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Someone had to get outside the ship and sever the nacelle from the rest of the Stargazer.
Fiction book (1991) -
The artery had not been severed, but the wound was a serious one.
Fiction book (1992) -
The worker used a sharp tool to sever the damaged cable from the machine.
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The gardener needed to sever the roots to transplant the tree successfully.
Synonyms
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1.3
To break something into two or more parts
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3.2
To remove a shape from paper or cloth using scissors
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3.4
To remove something by cutting, often with a sharp blow
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4.4
Separated by cutting from a larger thing
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7.2
To cut out part of a body or text
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4.6
To cut a part from something with one quick move
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8.0
To cut something in two using a sharp tool like an axe
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7.0
To shorten something by cutting off a part, often the end
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4.2
Cut off branches to make a tree or plant tidy and healthy
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3.4
To remove a part from something with a knife or tool
Antonyms
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Etymology
The word sever comes from the same root as separate, which means 'apart'. Think of cutting a rope to make two pieces 'apart', so to sever something is to cut it off completely.