to sever
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5.8
- verb
- /ˈsɛvər/
- Now, we need these men, but as soon as it's practical, we should sever any such scientists from the program.
- sever ties
- sever diplomatic relations
- sever connections
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Watch on YouTubeHow easily that person severs all connection with you.
- How easily that person severs all connection with you.
- And it just, it'll sever the whole connection.
- Up next, Papa John severs ties with the NFL.
- It is forsaken by the surrounding languages, ignored, disparaged and derided by them, severed from authority.
- I think it's quite obvious because there is a serious connection that is being severed every time you purchase meat, dairy and eggs.
- That is the key is to sever the link between your thought processes and the pain body.
- Then we actually sever that histidine tag and we wash it through and we end up with nothing but our luciferase.
- If you sever that, you will get people that have literal multiple personalities, one in the right, one in the left.
- If you sever that, you will get people that have literal multiple personalities, one on the right, one on the left.
- They broke up, if you will, and their whole family was severed.
Examples
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But I'm afraid we'll have to sever our relationship under the circumstances.
Fiction book (1995) -
Everyone has been bugging me to sever the ties.
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The catch is, you will sever every human contact.
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That is the key is to sever the link between your thought processes and the pain body.
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Your dad had to sever all ties with you in order to keep you safe.
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As an adult, Musk severed relations with his father.
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The two stand barely a yard apart but seem severed from each other by a wall of silence.
Fiction book (1998) -
I moved, filed an unlisted telephone number, and severed many of my business and personal connections.
Fiction book (1998) -
An avalanche of Asian and African states severed diplomatic relations with Israel.
Academic text (2013) -
To protect her mental health, she decided to sever ties with negative influences in her life.
Synonyms
968
2.6
End a relationship with someone, for example a romantic or business partner
580
2.3
End a relationship or go separate ways
459
3.4
To end a romantic relationship with someone
440
4.1
End a relationship with someone or something in a clear, final way
432
5.1
To end a romantic relationship suddenly and without care
321
2.9
To move apart or stop being together
165
2.7
To end a close relationship and go separate ways
71
2.8
To make a piece come away from something by hitting or bending it
25
4.6
To separate yourself completely from someone or something
16
6.6
To stop depending on someone or something and become independent
15
7.0
To end a connection with a person, group, or idea
5
6.7
To stop being involved with a person, group, or idea
2
6.8
To become independent from parents and make your own decisions
Suddenly stop seeing or talking to someone
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Etymology
The word sever comes from the same root as separate, which means 'apart'. So to sever a relationship or ties is to make the people 'apart' and end the connection completely.