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sever

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As a verb, sever means cut free.

Meanings of sever

6 meanings

verb

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.
lawTo disconnect; to disunite; to terminate.
Set or keep apart
“sever a relationship”
Similar: break up
Cut off from a whole
“His head was severed from his body”
“The soul discerped from the body”
Similar: discerp, lop

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

verb: set or keep apart

verb: cut off from a whole

discerplop

Words that rhyme with sever

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