meaning of sever
1. 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 sever the head from the body.
2. To cut or break open or apart; to divide into parts; to cut through; to disjoin; as, to sever the arm or leg.
3. To keep distinct or apart; to except; to exempt.
4. To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate; as, to sever an estate in joint tenancy.
5. To suffer disjunction; to be parted, or rent asunder; to be separated; to part; to separate.
6. To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.
7. cut off from a whole; "His head was severed from his body"; "The soul discerped from the
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