Both Uses of
sever
in
War and Peace
- Then why those severed arms and legs and those dead men?†
Chpt 5 *
- …" said the same mob now, looking with pained distress at the dead body with its long, thin, half-severed neck and its livid face stained with blood and dust.†
Chpt 11
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