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dissevered

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verb

past tense of dissever
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissevered
Adjective
  • According to the full plot description on Amazon, our protagonists have more to worry about than just severed fingers.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 19 Mar. 2026
  • The inciting incident for the new story comes after the principal of the high school receives a severed human finger in the mail, sending the parents into an uproar.
    Angelique Jackson, Variety, 19 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The war in Myanmar has displaced millions, divided the country into military- and non-military-controlled areas, and gutted the economy and healthcare system.
    Helen Regan, CNN Money, 16 May 2026
  • Rooms are spread across the property in multiple buildings, divided into garden-view, ocean-view, and oceanfront rooms.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 May 2026
Verb
  • This is the most powerful story about two Korean sisters separated during Japanese occupation in WW2—Hana is taken to Japan and forced to become a comfort woman, meanwhile Emi left behind grows up and spends her life searching for her lost sister.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
  • The concept would involve buses traveling between 80 and 140 miles per hour in dedicated lanes separated from regular freeway traffic.
    Conor McGill, CBS News, 20 May 2026
Verb
  • Southwest staff also tried to take the device apart, and Town eventually realized that a wire had likely been disconnected in transit.
    Zach Wichter, USA Today, 18 May 2026
  • Reports are often backward-looking, disconnected from real-time operations, and difficult to translate into clear actions.
    Melissa Houston, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Adjective
  • Just look at Bindo’s neck, exposed by a parted curtain of hair, the feathery wisps of sideburn, the plump lips, the green eyes.
    Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 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
Verb
  • Diaz’s face was split open by the end of the second round, the canvas looked like a crime scene and Perry stormed around the cage afterward, demanding a fight with Paul while fans stood on chairs trying to film the madness below them.
    Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2026
  • There’s a whole-house generator, central AC/heat, and mini-splits to keep things feeling comfortable no matter the weather.
    Clio Chang, Curbed, 17 May 2026
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
Adjective
  • Lebanon’s fragile sovereignty The lack of resolved borders and Israel’s periodic incursions into southern Lebanon have predictably meant that Lebanon has struggled to assert sovereignty over its own territory.
    Mireille Rebeiz, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2026
  • One quick concluding note: Like Bad Sisters, How to Get to Heaven from Belfast has what feels to me like a pretty resolved (and effective) ending, especially given the amount of time Saoirse spends in the finale talking about the difficulties of writing endings for TV.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 12 Feb. 2026
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“Dissevered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissevered. Accessed 21 May. 2026.

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