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adjective

as in severed

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verb

past tense of dissever
as in divided
to set or force apart placed the dissevered pieces of chicken in the roasting pan

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissevered
  1. severed
  2. divided
  3. parted
  4. separated
  5. split
  6. disconnected
  7. sundered
  8. resolved
Adjective
  • There’s a severed head on set, a childhood friend swinging fists in an elevator, and a director who wanted every drop of blood shot for real.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Written by Helstad, the film follows Jessica Lipki (Greer), a small-town lawyer who discovers a severed human finger in her bowl of chili at a regionally beloved fast-food chain.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of severed
Verb
  • This could look like pointing out a character’s different skin tone in a board book, or noticing aloud why a toy aisle is divided by color.
    — Anahi Collado, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026
  • According to Sipple, there were between five and eight children per grade level, divided between boarders and day students.
    — Ashley Baker, Vanity Fair, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of divided
Adjective
  • The ex-couple parted ways in 2020 after a seven-year engagement.
    — Emma Banks, InStyle, 18 June 2026
  • Faithe with her son, AydenAmanda Langston As the two parted ways, Amanda saw Faithe’s demeanor shift.
    — Meghan O'Brien, NBC news, 28 Mar. 2026
Definition of parted
Verb
  • The thought of being separated from his children haunted Cazares.
    — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
  • After launch, its booster separated, its wings unfolded, and a small turbofan powered it through sustained low-altitude flight.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of separated
Adjective
  • Mattress brands will follow with more aggressive marketing of split-firmness and split-climate systems.
    — Lauren Schuster, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Earlier, board directors had an unusual split vote on whether to continue Metra’s practice of rotating board chairs every four years between residents of Cook County and the five Collar Counties.
    — Marni Pyke, Chicago Tribune, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of split
Verb
  • Raimer Rodriguez, a 36-year-old Cuban immigrant, said he was beaten after detainees protested phones being disconnected on April 2.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026
  • After learning that passengers had self-evacuated, Metro-North Railroad disconnected the third rail and suspended train service to the Lower Level of Grand Central, the MTA said in its release.
    — Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of disconnected
Adjective
  • In 1863, Abraham Lincoln, hoping to unite a sundered nation, issued a proclamation declaring Thanksgiving to be a national holiday.
    — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Nov. 2025
Definition of sundered
Adjective
  • This view helpfully shows key numbers (such as resolved requests, involvement rate, resolution rate) at the top, along with a funnel that visualizes visualizing how requests are resolved (with AI or humans).
    — Dianna Gunn, PC Magazine, 11 Aug. 2026
  • There's a difference between a closed ticket and a resolved issue.
    — Amit Mathradas, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of resolved
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“Dissevered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissevered. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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