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to set or force apart
disapproving parents who were willing to do anything to sever the young lovers
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Recent Examples of severed
Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
Iran’s land bridge to Hezbollah has been severed by the fall of Syria’s Assad regime.
—Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Dec. 2024
The trap severed his hind leg above the foot, forcing Jacob to adapt to life on three limbs.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
Those data cables -- one running between Finland and Germany and the other between Lithuania and Sweden -- were severed in November.
—Lorne Cook The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 28 Dec. 2024
The bullet passed through her right eye and severed an artery in her brain, causing a massive stroke.
—Elise Wrabetz, NBC news, 25 Dec. 2024
But the two countries have not severed diplomatic ties, Jean-Pierre Godbout, a spokesperson for Global Affairs Canada, told USA TODAY.
—Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
With Assad’s collapse, this supply line has been severed, isolating Hezbollah and disrupting the axis of resistance’s geographical connectivity.
—Hamidreza Azizi, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2024
What's New A Sacramento man was charged with murder after local law enforcement allegedly found his 1-year-old son's head severed from his body.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
In November, two fiber-optic Baltic Sea cables were severed.
—Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
Iran’s land bridge to Hezbollah has been severed by the fall of Syria’s Assad regime.
—Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Dec. 2024
The trap severed his hind leg above the foot, forcing Jacob to adapt to life on three limbs.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
Those data cables -- one running between Finland and Germany and the other between Lithuania and Sweden -- were severed in November.
—Lorne Cook The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 28 Dec. 2024
The bullet passed through her right eye and severed an artery in her brain, causing a massive stroke.
—Elise Wrabetz, NBC news, 25 Dec. 2024
But the two countries have not severed diplomatic ties, Jean-Pierre Godbout, a spokesperson for Global Affairs Canada, told USA TODAY.
—Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
With Assad’s collapse, this supply line has been severed, isolating Hezbollah and disrupting the axis of resistance’s geographical connectivity.
—Hamidreza Azizi, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2024
What's New A Sacramento man was charged with murder after local law enforcement allegedly found his 1-year-old son's head severed from his body.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for severed
Adjective
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Yet, a divided Senate advanced Pete Hegseth's nomination as Secretary of Defense in a 51-to-49 vote, largely along party lines.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
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After the lukewarm reception to Star Wars Outlaws (which itself was at the center of the exhausting online discourse), and a divided fan base, Shadows’ value for the company can’t be understated.—
Alyssa Mercante,
Rolling Stone,
23 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Data held in qubits is affected by data held in other qubits, even when physically separated.—
Chuck Brooks,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
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Once the ladies are separated, Jackie pulls Heavenly aside to scold her for her behavior.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
23 Dec. 2024
Verb
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In fact, lots of people are feeling distanced or disconnected, and want to know how to start a friend group.—
Tracy Brower,
Forbes,
22 Dec. 2024
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Traditional metrics, like closing all service tickets or hitting sales quotas, often feel like top-down mandates disconnected from employees’ intrinsic motivations.—
Rasmus Holst,
Forbes,
20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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In a lively celebration of whiskers and wit, a man dressed as Moses stands on stage, holding the Ten Commandments before a sea of parted beards and mustaches inside Detroit's historic Masonic Temple.—
David Rodriguez Muñoz,
Detroit Free Press,
5 Oct. 2024
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Feldman’s attorneys said that’s when Wheeler gave him the tools and the two parted ways, but prosecutors said Feldman got into Wheeler’s Honda Accord, leaving his own phone behind in his car.—
Cassidy Jensen,
Baltimore Sun,
18 July 2024
Verb
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An additional 10 percent of those sales, plus the sales of books that are not earmarked for a specific store, gets split up and distributed to every store on Bookshop's platform.—
Boone Ashworth,
WIRED,
28 Jan. 2025
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Former chair and party finance director Fred Whitaker said understanding why some voters split their tickets and show ideological inconsistencies is crucial to making gains.—
Hanna Kang,
Orange County Register,
27 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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As President-elect Trump approaches the second half of his discontinuous presidency, Americans seem cool to his signature economic proposal: steep new tariffs on America’s most important trading partners.—
Joseph Thorndike,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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About 19,000 people had to flee the city, which is in an area with discontinuous permafrost.—
Evan Bush,
NBC News,
10 Dec. 2024
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“Severed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/severed. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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