SEVERANCES Synonyms: 92 Similar and Opposite Words

severances

noun

plural of severance

as in alienations

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Noun

The trailer teased screaming matches, tears, accusations of betrayal and clear dissolutions of multiple relationships — both romantic and platonic.

— Pilar Melendez, NBC news, 27 May 2026
There could be more dissolutions and consolidations in the future.

— Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026

Definition of dissolutions

Noun

For some, the reason behind such estrangements might seem clear to both parties.

— Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 10 May 2026
The couple, who did not grow up knowing one another because of estrangements in their families, faced criticism from both sets of parents for the union.

— Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026

Definition of estrangements

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The 6-foot, 227-pound Robinson (50 tackles, three pass breakups, four hurries) is active, dependable and rarely out of position.

— Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2026
However, Marshall, who contributed 23 tackles, one interception and four pass breakups last season, would have to become a starter or rotational player for that to happen.

— Omar Kelly July 9, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026

Definition of breakups

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The cartoonist and journalist Joe Sacco has made a career of rescuing history from the cleavages of memory.

— Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025
Intelligence agencies in the United States and other Western countries closely follow these cleavages, of course, and can sometimes recruit the disaffected or the ambitious to provide insider information.

— Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025

Definition of cleavages

Noun

His assertive foreign policy made Qatar a key mediator from Darfur to Gaza, while backing Islamists and hosting Taliban talks deepened rifts with neighbors and Western partners.

— Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
These are old rifts within Hispanic communities that the figure of Gálvez alone, and our presence at the time of independence, cannot reconcile.

— Geraldo L. Cadava, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026

Definition of rifts

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