2 uses
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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
- ...and he drove the blade between the vertebrae and the brain. It was an easy shot now and he felt the cartilage sever.
sever = split in two
- There were two from each bait he had severed and the two from the bait the fish had taken and they were all . connected After it is light, he thought, I will work back to the forty-fathom bait and cut it away too and link up the reserve coils.
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