Both Uses of
sever
in
1984 by Orwell
- When he got up to it he saw that it was a human hand severed at the wrist.
p. 84..5 *severed = cut off
- And in thinking this he remembered, without apparent relevance, how a few weeks ago he had seen a severed hand lying on the pavement and had kicked it into the gutter as though it had been a cabbage-stalk.
p. 165..6
Definition:
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(sever) to split something into two unconnected parts -- usually by cutting
or:
to break up or end a relationship; or to separate from something