All 4 Uses of
sever
in
Dune
- She felt roughness in the strap against her left arm, realized the strap had been almost severed, would snap at a sudden jerk.†
Book 1 *
- A timed side blow missed by the barest fraction from severing the tendons of the na-Baron's left leg.†
Book 2
- The Harkonnen forts and towns across the shielded lands lay in Fremen hands or cut away from their source like stalks severed from a plant and left to wither.†
Book 3
- By this time, one of the youths was down with a severed artery, two of the bravos were down as well, but it was still four armed men against two striplings.†
Book A1 -
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