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
or:
to break up or end a relationship; or to separate from something
- The plane skidded for two thousand feet, severing an oil pipeline and snapping pine trees, before falling into a ravine and bursting into flames.Chapter 7 (5% in)
- A fair person will try to sever social relations he may have with darker relatives... the darker members of a Negro family will encourage the efforts of a very fair relative to "pass" for White.Epilogue (79% in)
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