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“severing”
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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“severing”
sever (verb), severs; severs; severing
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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Femtolaser
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