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Definition
to split something into two unconnected parts — usually by cutting
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to break up or end a relationship; or to separate from something
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to break up or end a relationship; or to separate from something
- 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.Section 37 — Darl (13) (95% in)
- 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.Section 34 — Darl (12) (7% in)
There are no more uses of "sever" in As I Lay Dying.
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