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sever (verb), severs; severed; severing
1. To divide by cutting or slicing; especially, suddenly and forcibly: When gardening, Jack had to sever or lop off the lowest tree branches with an axe.
2. To put an end to a connection or relationship; to break off: After many harsh words and many misunderstandings about the past, Jessica severed all correspondence with her family and moved to a different town.
3. To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate: Little Tommy accidentally severed or interrupted the link between the computer and the internet by pressing all the buttons on the router!
4. Etymology: from Latin separare, "to separate”; from se-, "apart" + parare, "to provide, to arrange".
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2. To put an end to a connection or relationship; to break off: After many harsh words and many misunderstandings about the past, Jessica severed all correspondence with her family and moved to a different town.
3. To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate: Little Tommy accidentally severed or interrupted the link between the computer and the internet by pressing all the buttons on the router!
4. Etymology: from Latin separare, "to separate”; from se-, "apart" + parare, "to provide, to arrange".
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sever, severe
sever (SEV uhr) (verb)
To cut, to separate or to divide: "After an argument, my brother decided to sever all communication with his former boss."
severe (suh VEER) (adjective)
1. Strict, stern, or rigorous in judgment: "He was his own most severe critic when talking about his new book."
2. Maintaining a scrupulous standard for behavior: "I thought that her expectations of the children’s behavior were severe considering their ages."
3. Harsh, difficult, causing discomfort: "A winter in Northern Canada can be severe if anyone is not prepared for it."
4. Requiring great effort: "The war is a severe test of his leadership ability."
2. Maintaining a scrupulous standard for behavior: "I thought that her expectations of the children’s behavior were severe considering their ages."
3. Harsh, difficult, causing discomfort: "A winter in Northern Canada can be severe if anyone is not prepared for it."
4. Requiring great effort: "The war is a severe test of his leadership ability."
She thought it was a rather severe decision on the part of her great aunt to sever all connections with her former colleagues when she retired.
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“sever”
sever
To cut through something or to cut something off, or to be cut through or off.
"A femtolaser has been used to sever the axons that control muscles in nematode worms resulting in the immediate loss of the ability to wiggle backward . . . ."
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