sever

Example Sentences

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The 36-year-old added that surgeons have told him he was fortunate not to have severed any nerves or tendons but that he should gradually recover following further treatment.

From BBC

Neurites include axons, which are often severed in spinal cord injuries.

From Science Daily

If Anthropic was put on the supply-chain-risk list, it would force other companies that do business with the Pentagon to sever their Anthropic relationship too.

From MarketWatch

Through the cockpit, the city glowed on the horizon, a strip of twinkling lights severing the night sky from the dark Potomac river.

From The Wall Street Journal

Disney said the severed body was actually that of a robot, and the fact it had been cut in two "further emphasised its non-human nature".

From BBC