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severed
[sev-erd]
adjective
separated from the whole or divided into parts, as by cutting or the like.
The severed cables belonged to two internet companies.
(of ties or a relationship) broken off or dissolved.
One of the greatest tragedies we see in our work is the severed relationships between those in need and their family and friends.
Law.(of an estate, titles of a statute, etc.) divided into parts.
A practice known as severed property, or split estates, allows developers to keep or obtain mineral rights underneath privately owned land.
verb
the simple past tense and past participle of sever.
Other 51Թ Forms
- half-severed adjective
- unsevered adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of severed1
Example Sentences
Another woman and her infant survived a tank shelling near her home, but she had shrapnel in her chest, part of which severed her milk duct.
Following Donald Trump's return to the White House earlier this year, funds were severed to a number of of aid organisations, including some working to inform North Koreans.
But that connection has largely been severed in the minds of voters, he said.
Both countries are former British colonies, but America's founding fathers took a different path and severed all formal connections to the Crown nearly 250 years ago.
It had happened after a migrant jumped off a fast-moving lorry, to avoid paying the smuggler, and severed his foot.
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