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severances

noun

plural of severance
as in alienations

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for severances
  1. dissolutions
  2. estrangements
  3. breakups
  4. cleavages
  5. separations
  6. splits
  7. ruptures
  8. rifts
Noun
  • Moms for Liberty’s influence has been on a long decline in its home state as the organization faced a wave of resignations, chapter dissolutions and scandals among Moms for Liberty leadership.
    — Trinity Webster-Bass, Miami Herald, 21 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of dissolutions
Noun
  • In Vietnamese director Lê Bảo’s new film, an extended family confronts various rifts and estrangements in its ranks; years of silence must give way, slowly and haltingly, to communication.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 10 Aug. 2026
  • For some, the reason behind such estrangements might seem clear to both parties.
    — Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 10 May 2026
Definition of estrangements
Noun
  • Evan Sorkness made key defensive plays in the win, including two pass breakups.
    — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The following books refuse to treat breakups as a singular ending or distinguish the breakup from the inevitable awakening.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of breakups
Noun
  • As Trump slides toward lame-duck status, cleavages within the group and between it and traditional progressives are becoming more salient.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2026
  • 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
  • Our research suggests that expanding these programs with the unique needs of mothers and babies in mind could help guarantee their human right to housing, cut down on homelessness and prevent family separations.
    — Shawnita Sealy-Jefferson, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026
  • At the same time, Whitney Rose and Angie Katsanevas are confronting major changes following their separations from their husbands in July.
    — Sophie Dunne, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of separations
Noun
  • The power changeup that has been percolating through baseball ever since Félix Hernández and Zack Greinke dominated with the pitch seems to have reverse-platoon splits, according to the model.
    — Eno Sarris, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Grande’s most recent relationship with Slater followed their respective splits from Dalton Gomez and Lilly Jay, their respective former spouses.
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of splits
Noun
  • The final match of the South African leg was staged in Soweto, where the 1976 student uprising became one of the defining ruptures in the country’s apartheid history.
    — Daniel Gallan, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The absence of an exchange leaves the reader fingering loose threads and, in the absence of plot, listening into tonal shifts and ruptures.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of ruptures
Noun
  • Kanal has borne the brunt of these rifts and was kept in financial limbo during those nearly two lame-duck years.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 10 Sep. 2026
  • To Hazel Roberts, 18, a first-year student at Grand Canyon University who started a Turning Point chapter back in high school, these intraparty rifts are a painful reminder of why Kirk's leadership mattered.
    — Elena Moore, NPR, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of rifts
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“Severances.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/severances. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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