English dictionary

sever

/'s/E/v/@/r/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

verb

set or keep apart

verb.contact

Examples
Sever a relationship.

Synonyms break up

Source: WordNet 3.0
cut off from a whole

verb.contact

Examples
His head was severed from his body.

Synonyms discerp lop

Source: WordNet 3.0
To separate, as one from another; to cut off from something; to divide; to part in any way, especially by violence, as by cutting, rending, etc.; as, to <i>sever</i> the head from the body.

verb

Source: webster1913
To suffer disjunction; to be parted, or rent asunder; to be separated; to part; to separate.

verb

Source: webster1913