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Meaning of 'sever' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Sever [ v. i.]
- To suffer disjunction; to be parted, or rent asunder; to be separated; to part; to separate.
- To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.
2 . Sever [ v. t.]
- To separate, as one from another; to cut off from something; to divide; to part in any way, especially by violence, as by cutting, rending, etc.; as, to sever the head from the body.
- To cut or break open or apart; to divide into parts; to cut through; to disjoin; as, to sever the arm or leg.
- To keep distinct or apart; to except; to exempt.
- To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate; as, to sever an estate in joint tenancy.

Meaning of 'sever' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . sever [ v]
Meaning (1):
- cut off from a whole
Example in sentence:
  • His head was severed from his body;
  • The soul discerped from the body
Meaning (2):
- set or keep apart
Example in sentence:
  • sever a relationship

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