Both Uses of
sever
in
Outliers
- The plane skidded for two thousand feet, severing an oil pipeline and snapping pine trees, before falling into a ravine and bursting into flames.†
Chpt 7 *
- 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.†
Chpt Epil.
Definition:
to end or cut off completely -- either physically or in relationships