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severing

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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.
[Middle English severen, from Anglo-Norman severer, from Vulgar Latin *sperre, from Latin sparre; see separate.]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.severing - the act of severing
severance
cutting, cut - the act of cutting something into parts; "his cuts were skillful"; "his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess"


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I saw that it was useless to hope that I might release my arm from that powerful, viselike grip which seemed to be severing my arm from my body.
At the Earth's Core by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
Sherrington, by experiments on dogs, showed that many of the usual marks of emotion were present in their behaviour even when, by severing the spinal cord in the lower cervical region, the viscera were cut off from all communication with the brain, except that existing through certain cranial nerves.
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It was like severing heart strings, when he was with Ruth, to stand up and go; and he scorched through the dark streets so as to get home to his books at the least possible expense of time.
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