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1. (v.t.) sever
to separate (a part) from the whole, as by cutting.
2. sever
to divide into parts, esp. forcibly; cleave.
3. sever
to break off or dissolve (ties, relations, etc.).
4. (v.i.) sever
to become separated or divided.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME < MF sev(e)rer to separate)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) sever, break up
set or keep apart
"sever a relationship"
2. (verb) discerp, sever, lop
cut off from a whole
"His head was severed from his body"; "The soul discerped from the body"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) sever
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
2. (verb) sever
to cut or break open or apart; to divide into parts; to cut through; to disjoin; as, to sever the arm or leg
3. (verb) sever
to keep distinct or apart; to except; to exempt
4. (verb) sever
to disunite; to disconnect; to terminate; as, to sever an estate in joint tenancy
5. (verb) sever
to suffer disjunction; to be parted, or rent asunder; to be separated; to part; to separate
6. (verb) sever
to make a separation or distinction; to distinguish
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Sense: to put an end to
He severed relations with his family.
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 Afrikaans: beëindig |
 Arabic: يَقْطَع العُلاقات مَع، يُ |
 Bulgarian: скъсвам (отношения) |
 Brazilian: cortar |
 Czech: přerušit |
 German: lösen |
 Danish: afbryde |
 Greek: κόβω, διακόπτω |
 Spanish: romper, cortar |
 Estonian: katkestama |
 Farsi: گسستن |
 Finnish: katkaista |
 French: cesser, rompre |
 Hebrew: לְנָתֵק |
 Hindi: खत्म कर देना |
 Croatian: raskinuti, prekinuti |
 Hungarian: elvág |
 Indonesian: mengakhiri, memutuskan hu |
 Icelandic: skeraá, slíta |
 Italian: interrompere |
 Japanese: 断つ |
 Korean: 단절하다 |
 Lithuanian: nutraukti |
 Latvian: pārtraukt; izbeigt |
 Malay: memutuskan |
 Dutch: afbreken |
 Norwegian: avskjære, bryte |
 Polish: przerywać, odcinać |
 Persian: گسستن |
 Pashto: پرې كول، شكول، جلاكول، بې |
 Portuguese: cortar |
 Romanian: a rupe, aîntrerupe |
 Russian: разрывать |
 Slovak: prerušiť |
 Slovenian: prekiniti |
 Serbian: prekinuti |
 Swedish: bryta med, avbryta |
 Thai: ยุติ |
 Turkish: son vermek |
 Taiwanese: 斷絕 |
 Ukrainian: порвати |
 Urdu: الگ کرنا |
 Vietnamese: kết thúc |
 Chinese: 断绝 |
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