as in to separate
to set or force apart
disapproving parents who were willing to do anything to sever the young lovers
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Recent Examples of sever
With family chains severed and few left to remember the dead, the cemetery became a forest.
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Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2025
Two years ago, a cable between Taiwan and Matsu Island was severed.
—Chris Buckley, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
Private sector employment relationships may be severed in numerous ways.
—Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025
The puncture wound acts like a torn muscle, because whatever punctured me severed the muscle.
—Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 23 Feb. 2025
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Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2025
Two years ago, a cable between Taiwan and Matsu Island was severed.
—Chris Buckley, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
Private sector employment relationships may be severed in numerous ways.
—Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025
The puncture wound acts like a torn muscle, because whatever punctured me severed the muscle.
—Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 23 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sever
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The January Starship mishap occurred over the North Atlantic after the 171-foot (52-meter) Starship separated from the Super Heavy rocket booster that hauled it toward space.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN,
28 Feb. 2025
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This unique body of water, which separates Melbourne from the barrier island of Melbourne Beach, is incredibly biodiverse.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
27 Feb. 2025
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For decades afterward and until the advent of internet telephony, Druze families divided by the armistice lines who wanted to communicate with one another did so via megaphone in an area that came to be known as Shouting Hill.—
Uriel Heilman,
New York Daily News,
2 Mar. 2025
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Primary care has long been associated with the image of a busy doctor, divided between patients and the administrative grind.—
Stephen Wunker,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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The game is split into night and day cycles, where the danger of the journey melts into campfire talk at night and exchanging stories with other travelers.—
Megan Farokhmanesh,
WIRED,
5 Mar. 2025
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The Lionsgate Studios and Starz will soon split into two stand-alone companies.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
4 Mar. 2025
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Minor-league sports have become popular as an antidote to the moneyed juggernaut of global franchises, which can seem disconnected from the intimacy that made so many of us fans in the first place.—
Steven Zeitchik,
The Hollywood Reporter,
5 Mar. 2025
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The individual stories that play out in each level are disconnected from the overarching narrative of the game.—
Kyle Wilson,
Rolling Stone,
4 Mar. 2025
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Curio Legacy Ventures, Inc., a nuclear energy startup headquartered in Washington, DC, has set out to resolve all those dilemmas.—
Jim Vinoski,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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In resolving antitrust claims, the settlement could spawn conflicts with state laws as well as with other federal laws, including Title IX, labor and employment laws.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Sever.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sever. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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