Both Uses of
sever
in
As I Lay Dying
- Above the ceaseless surface they stand--trees, cane, vines--rootless, severed from the earth, spectral above a scene of immense yet circumscribed desolation filled with the voice of the waste and mournful water.†
Chpt 34
- From here they do not appear to violate the surface at all; it is as though it had severed them both at a single blow, the two torsos moving with infinitesimal and ludicrous care upon the surface.†
Chpt 37 *
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