as in divided
to set or force apart
placed the dissevered pieces of chicken in the roasting pan
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as in severed
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissevered
Verb
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Phillips also asked that their assets be divided up by the court as separate property, with no indication in the papers that the exes had a prenup in place.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025 -
But like other governer races, voters are divided along partisan lines.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Battlefield injuries, like severed limbs, are likewise rewarded with sums that most soldiers could not earn in regular jobs.—
Simon Shuster,
Time,
24 Sep. 2025
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Professor Orloff is a severed head that floats in a jar.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Raw animal foods not separated by type based on minimum cook temperatures (raw chicken stored above raw eggs in walk-in cooler).—
Gege Reed,
Louisville Courier Journal,
24 Oct. 2025
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Allen and Harbour, 50, were married for four years, and separated in 2024.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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That correlation shifted in 2018, demonstrating that macroeconomic conditions and federal budgets have become increasingly disconnected.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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The conventional wisdom sees meager job growth as largely a result of immigration restrictions and demographics, disconnected from still-healthy GDP-tracking models that capture urgent capex levels and free spending by the affluent.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The teams split the first two games in Toronto.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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Earlier surveys reflected similar divisions, underscoring a community sharply split over his candidacy.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Instead of crimps, Paxton's honey blonde locks were styled in romantic waves and with parted curtain bangs.—
Michelle Lee,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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The audience watched quietly until Matthew McConaughey, sporting a parted blond bowl cut and ferrying students to some end-of-year fun, delivered a signature bit of dialogue.—
Hillary Kelly,
The Atlantic,
6 June 2025
Adjective
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Since then, attorneys and judges have overseen multiple lenient plea deals and case dismissals, while local prosecutors reviewed hundreds of active and resolved cases that Tran investigated.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Pretty progressive for a divorced couple that is reportedly not even romantically involved anymore.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
22 Oct. 2025
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In Something's Gotta Give, Keaton starred as Erica Barry, a divorced writer who reconnects and finds love with a fellow professional later in life.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Dissevered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissevered. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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