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How to pronounce sever in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms discerp, lop
Type of cut
Verb group break up
Derivation severance, severing


His head was severed from his body.
Type Words
Synonyms break up
Type of part, disunite, separate, divide
Verb group discerp, lop
Derivation severance


sever a relationship.

Examples of sever

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Spitzer worked to sever those ties to protect the objectivity of stock research.
From the bloomberg.com
The implication is that, if he refuses, America may sever all contacts with him.
From the economist.com
If you do, it will sever your data connection, ending the hotspot capabilities.
From the techcrunch.com
However no single event however sever can be claimed to be due to global warming.
From the independent.co.uk
None has threatened to sever its affiliation with the world's greatest swimmer.
From the thenewstribune.com
The cat's teeth are arranged to sever a rodent's spine with surgical precision.
From the time.com
Or, have a sever cup hangover after one of the greatest results in their history.
From the theargus.co.uk
Doing so would sever your own financial ties to both the bank and the property.
From the dailyherald.com
Brandon Peters had some sever cramping in the semifinal, but fought through it.
From the chron.com
More examples
  • Set or keep apart; "sever a relationship"
  • Discerp: cut off from a whole; "His head was severed from his body"; "The soul discerped from the body"
  • (severed) detached by cutting; "cut flowers"; "a severed head"; "an old tale of Anne Bolyn walking the castle walls with her poor cut-off head under her arm"
  • (severing) severance: the act of severing
  • Sever is an album by This Ascension released August 24, 1999. It is the band's fourth album.
  • Severed: Forest of the Dead is a 2005 zombie suspense horror film directed by Carl Bessai and set in a remote logging community following an incident where a genetic experiment goes wrong. ...
  • (Severed (Mudvayne song)) L.D. 50 is the 1st debut studio album by American nu metal band Mudvayne. Released in 2000, it is the band's 1st release on Epic Records, following the independently-released extended play, Kill, I Oughtta. L.D. ...
  • Carl Wilhelm Severing (1 June 1875, Herford, Westphalia u2013 23 July 1952, Bielefeld) was a German Social Democrat politician during the Weimar era.
  • To cut free