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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
Simon Shuster, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
Professor Orloff is a severed head that floats in a jar.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
The project, which was written by Cesar Vitale, winner of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting, follows a lonely woman (Alcock) who mistakenly receives a severed thumb in the mail.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025
Lauren Caruba, Dallas Morning News, 2 Jan. 2026
The group also brought its concerns to one of the commercial dairy’s business partners, which severed ties with the goat farm, according to a letter the business sent to PETA, which PETA spokesperson Colleen O’Brien provided to the Statesman.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 23 Dec. 2025
Earlier this year, The New York Times reported that Australia severed ties with Iran and expelled its diplomats accusing the country of directing attacks against a Jewish business in Sydney and a Melbourne synagogue.
—Michael Collins, USA Today, 15 Dec. 2025
Emails leaked in recent months also suggested Andrew was in contact with Epstein after claiming to have severed ties.
—Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 10 Dec. 2025
Roads that once connected the cities and districts to the outside world are severed, leaving some areas accessible only by helicopter.
—CBS News, 6 Dec. 2025
In exchange for promises from China of new infrastructure and shrimp imports, Castro severed ties with Taipei in 2023 after 82 years.
—Newsweek Editors, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
The city of Rosemount and its police chief have severed ties, two months after he was put on leave amid complaints city officials say were levied against him in an anonymous employee engagement survey.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 3 Dec. 2025
The embargo suddenly severed Japan, then the United States’ largest customer for soybeans, from 90% of its total supply.
—Time, 3 Dec. 2025
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Battlefield injuries, like severed limbs, are likewise rewarded with sums that most soldiers could not earn in regular jobs.
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In late 2024, Winckler’s father suffered massive blood loss after a motorcycle wreck in November 2024 that severed one of his legs.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for severed
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And there, the family became a divided family.—
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While active, a vehicle can drive itself under certain circumstances without human intervention on divided highways, but drivers still need to pay attention to the roads and system in case of problems.—
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Per the Hindu, Das' head had been separated from his body in the attack.—
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This design consists of an aluminum (Al) foil anode current collector, an S8 cathode, sodium dicyanamide (NaDCA) in a non-flammable chloroaluminate electrolyte, separated with a glass fiber.—
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What frustrated her most was that the issue refused to stay resolved.—
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Since then, attorneys and judges have overseen multiple lenient plea deals and case dismissals, while local prosecutors reviewed hundreds of active and resolved cases that Tran investigated.—
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As Werenski noted after the game, they get disconnected in games like these.—
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Parents who are disconnected from the labor market may not spend additional income in the same ways — or to the same effect — as working parents.—
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Instead of crimps, Paxton's honey blonde locks were styled in romantic waves and with parted curtain bangs.—
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The audience watched quietly until Matthew McConaughey, sporting a parted blond bowl cut and ferrying students to some end-of-year fun, delivered a signature bit of dialogue.—
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Arsenal’s first half in the 4-1 home win against Aston Villa a week ago — when the visitors continuously broke through the middle of the pitch — was the perfect example of what happens when their partnership is split up, in this case by Rice’s knee injury.—
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In the aftermath, Venezuelan society became further split between the wealthy, who wanted to work with the US, and the working class, who sought autonomy from the US.—
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In 1863, Abraham Lincoln, hoping to unite a sundered nation, issued a proclamation declaring Thanksgiving to be a national holiday.—
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To prevent releasing any asbestos, whole sections of the old pipe are uncoupled from their connections without cutting.—
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Democrats and liberal pundits in particular have seen expressions of thoughts and prayers, particularly coming from the GOP and prominent commentators on the right, as an empty gesture when uncoupled with specific actions on gun control to prevent mass shootings.—
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“Severed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/severed. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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