sever
(verb)
verb
1. set or keep apart
- sever a relationship
Definition categories: contact, disunite, divide, part, separate
2. cut off from a whole
- His head was severed from his body
Definition categories: contact, cut
Sentences with sever as a verb:
- After he graduated, he severed all links to his family.
- to sever the head from the body
- The Lord shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt. — Ex. ix. 4.They claimed the right of severing in their challenge. — Macaulay.