sever
/ˈsɛv.ɚ/ verb C2- To cut free. · After he graduated, he severed all links to his family.· to sever the head from the body
- To suffer disjunction; to be parted or separated.
- To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.
- To disconnect; to disunite; to terminate.
He/she/it severs · Past severed · Past participle severed · -ing form severing
Verb forms
- Base form
- sever
- He/she/it
- severs
- Past
- severed
- Past participle
- severed
- -ing form
- severing
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It’s a ray of light which will forever shine on the darkness of a path severed from thee, Diana.
He then bent his body, and by a desperate effort severed the cord that bound his legs, at the moment when it seemed as if he were actually strangled.
“Oh, why is not the world a wilderness?” she exclaimed, throwing herself into the arms of Mademoiselle d’Armilly, her eyes sparkling with the same kind of rage which made Nero wish that the Roman world had but one neck, that he might sever it at a single blow.
Conversely, the complete eradication of zoological parks might inadvertently sever the crucial empathetic bond between humanity and the broader ecological tapestry.
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