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severed

adjective C1
  1. Separated, cut off or broken apart. · a severed limb
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It’s a ray of light which will forever shine on the darkness of a path severed from thee, Diana.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 125 · C1
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.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 220 · C1
The immense vessel shuddered with a deep, rhythmic oscillation as it severed the inky waters of the Irish Sea.
The Resonance of the Crossing, p. 1 · C2

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