SEVER

sever

Verb

  1. To cut free.
    After he graduated, he severed all links to his family.
    to sever the head from the body
  2. To suffer disjunction; to be parted or separated.
  3. To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.
    The Lord shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt. — Ex. ix. 4.
    They claimed the right of severing in their challenge. — Macaulay.
  4. To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate.
    to sever an estate in joint tenancy


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