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Sever (Verb)

Set or keep apart; "sever a relationship".

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

The company decided to sever ties with the vendor due to a string of late deliveries and failed orders.
Her involvement in the scandal led to her severing relationships with all her former colleagues and business associates.
Their personalities clashed so strongly that the two friends were forced to sever their friendship.
After many years, the couple decided to sever their marriage due to irreconcilable differences.
Following the failed mergers, the company moved to sever its association with the other firms.

Cut off from a whole; "His head was severed from his body"; "The soul discerped from the body".

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Her hand was severed from her wrist in the terrible accident.
The rope snapped and severed the only lifeline to the stranded hiker.
After a bitter argument the family ties were severed and they stopped speaking to each other.
A part of the severed leg was found in the wreckage of the plane.
The main power line was severed during the fierce storm, leaving the neighborhood in darkness.