sever

sev·er  (svr)

v. sev·ered, sev·er·ing, sev·ers

v.tr.

1. To set or keep apart; divide or separate.

2. To cut off (a part) from a whole.

3. To break up (a relationship, for example); dissolve. See Synonyms at separate.

v.intr.

1. To become cut or broken apart.

2. To become separated or divided from each other.

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[Middle English severen, from Anglo-Norman severer, from Vulgar Latin *sperre, from Latin sparre; see separate.]

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sever [ˈsɛvə]

vb

1. to put or be put apart; separate

2. to divide or be divided into parts

3. (tr) to break off or dissolve (a tie, relationship, etc.)

[C14 severen, from Old French severer, from Latin sēparāre to separate]

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	sever - set or keep apart; "sever a relationship" break up disunite, separate, part, divide - force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea" lop, sever, discerp - cut off from a whole; "His head was severed from his body"; "The soul discerped from the body"
	2.	sever - cut off from a whole; "His head was severed from his body"; "The soul discerped from the body" lop, discerp cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope" sever, break up - set or keep apart; "sever a relationship"

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sever

verb

1. cut, separate, split, part, divide, rend, detach, disconnect, cleave, bisect, disunite, cut in two, sunder, disjoin Oil was still gushing from the severed fuel line.
cut unite, join, link, connect, attach, fix together

2. discontinue, terminate, break off, abandon, dissolve, put an end to, dissociate He was able to sever all emotional bonds to his family.
discontinue continue, maintain, uphold

Translations

sever [ˈsevəʳ]

A. VT → cortar (fig) [+ relations, communications] → romper

B. VI [rope etc] → cortarse

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sever [ˈsɛvə^r] vt

(= cut through) [+ limb, artery] → sectionner; [+ pipe, wire] → couper

[break off] [+ relations] → rompre
to sever all ties with sb → rompre tout lien avec qn
She had severed all ties with her parents → Elle avait rompu tout lien avec ses parents.

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sever

vt (= cut through) → durchtrennen; (violently) → durchschlagen; (= cut off) → abtrennen; (violently) → abschlagen; (fig: = break off) ties → lösen; relations, links, friendship → abbrechen; communications → unterbrechen; (= divide) nation → teilen; the wires were severed in the storm → beim Sturm sind die Leitungen (durch)gerissen; to sever somebody from somebody/something → jdn von jdm/etw trennen; to sever something from something → etw von etw abtrennen

vi → (durch)reißen

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sever [ˈsɛvəʳ] vt (rope) → tagliare, recidere; (limb) → staccare, mozzare (fig) (relations) → troncare, rompere; (communications) → interrompere

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sever [ˈsɛvəʳ] vt (rope) → tagliare, recidere; (limb) → staccare, mozzare (fig) (relations) → troncare, rompere; (communications) → interrompere

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sever

v sever [ˈsevə]

1 to put an end to He severed relations with his family. beëindig يَقْطَع العُلاقات مَع، يُنْهي скъсвам (отношения) přerušit afbryde lösen κόβω, διακόπτω romper, cortar katkestama گسستن katkaista cesser, rompre לְנָתֵק खत्म कर देना raskinuti, prekinuti elvág mengakhiri, memutuskan hubungan skera á, slíta interrompere 断つ 단절하다 nutraukti pārtraukt; izbeigt memutuskan afbreken avskjære, bryte przerywać, odcinać cortar a rupe, a întrerupe разрывать prerušiť prekiniti prekinuti bryta med, avbryta แยก son vermek 斷絕 порвати الگ کرنا kết thúc 断绝

2 to cut or break off His arm was severed in the accident. afbreek, afkap يَقْطَع أو يَكْسِر отрязвам utrhnout brække af abtrennen αποκόπτω, σπάω, κόβω cortar, romper katki murdma بريدن irrottaa, katkaista couper לַחתוֹך तोड़ देना या टूट जाना odrezati levág mematahkan skera, brjóta tagliare 切断する 절단되다 nukirsti, nutraukti noraut; nocirst; nogriezt terputus afsnijden skjære/brekke av odrywać cortar a tăia отрывать, отрезать odtrhnúť odrezati odseći klippa (skära, hugga, slita) av หัก; ขาด koparmak 切斷 відривати, відрізувати کاٹنا làm gãy lìa 切断

n severance

afkapping قَطْع ، فَصْل، فَصْم откъсване přerušení; amputace adskillelse die Trennung διακοπή, χωρισμός ruptura katkestamine گسستگي katkeaminen rupture פִצוּיֵי פִּיטוּרִין पृथक्करण, विभाजन raskinuće, otcjepljenje elvágás keadaan putus skilnaður rottura, separazione 断絶 절단; 단절 nutraukimas atdalīšana; pārtraukšana pemutusan verbreking atskillelse, løsriving oderwanie ruptura ruptură отделение; разрыв prerušenie; amputácia ločitev rastavljanje avklippande การตัดขาดจากกัน koparma 切斷 відокремлення; розрив انقطاع sự cắt rời 切断