Both Uses
sever
in
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
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- They both cut neatly in one swing, except for the final strip of bark, which I sever with the back hook of the machete.†
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- Then, with his right lung filled with blood from a severed pulmonary artery, he fell to the sidewalk and died.†
Part Aft.
Definitions:
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(1)
(sever) to end or cut off completely -- either physically or in relationships
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)