Synonyms of severed

severed 1 of 2

adjective

as in divided

Related Words

• divided
• resolved
• parted
• split
• dissociated
• sundered
• uncoupled
• divorced
• broken up
• dissevered
• ramified
• disunited
• disjoined
• discontinuous
• unyoked
• apart
• noncontinuous
• removed
• farthest
• far
• unconnected
• unlinked
• away
• distant
• isolated
• disconnected
• detached
• discrete
• free-standing
• isolate
• unattached
• separate
• remote
• far-off
• faraway
• single
• nonadjacent
• noncontiguous

Dissimilar Words

• adjacent
• contiguous
• joining
• adjoining
• neighboring
• touching
• abutting
• close
• closest
• immediate
• near
• conterminous
• nearby
• nearest
• flush
• fringing
• juxtaposed
• approximate
• connected
• attached
• joined
• next-door
• linked
• flanking
• connecting
• bordering
• nigh
• verging
• united
• skirting
• communicating
• interconnecting

severed

2 of 2

verb

past tense of sever

as in separated

to set or force apart

disapproving parents who were willing to do anything to sever the young lovers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• separated
• divided
• disconnected
• split
• sundered
• resolved
• parted
• dissociated
• divorced
• isolated
• disassociated
• pulled
• disjoined
• dissevered
• uncoupled
• detached
• ramified
• decoupled
• disunited
• disjointed
• dissected
• decomposed
• broke up
• unlinked
• dissolved
• cleaved
• disintegrated
• subdivided
• unyoked
• ripped
• fragmented
• bifurcated
• fractured
• tore
• quartered
• bisected
• segmented
• ruptured
• halved
• disassembled
• partitioned
• fractionated
• broke
• broke down
• unraveled
• segregated
• insulated
• dichotomized
• untied
• cut off
• rived
• trisected
• fragmentated
• rifted
• rent
• disengaged
• disentangled
• fragmentized
• fractionalized
• sequestered
• secluded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• linked
• joined
• united
• associated
• combined
• connected
• unified
• mixed
• assembled
• mingled
• coupled
• attached
• blended
• bound
• closed
• fastened
• fused
• welded
• cemented
• stuck
• accumulated
• agglutinated
• knit

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of severed

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

When a strange man lurks around the school asking supposedly innocent questions and the principal receives a severed human finger in the mail, the community is in an uproar. — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 19 Mar. 2026

Bianca De Marchi/AAP/via REUTERS Videos and photos obtained by local media have reportedly shown Baghsarian with serious injuries, including a severed finger. — CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026

The severed half plopped limply back into her bowl. — Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026

Why not cauterize a severed hand, add some just-for-fun cocktail rings, and then shatter the hand’s rigid bones with a hammer or mallet, which will allow the fingers to be wrapped around a colorful ceramic mug with a holly or mistletoe motif? — Paul Rudnick, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025

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

The project, which was written by Cesar Vitale, winner of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting, follows a lonely woman (Alcock) who mistakenly receives a severed thumb in the mail. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025

Verb

The missing 14-year-old’s body rotted for weeks until it was found in the trunk of a Tesla at a Hollywood tow yard last September, severed at the limbs and stuffed into black plastic bags, according to medical examiner’s records and court filings. — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026

On May 2, 2024, in the midst of worsening conditions in Gaza, Petro severed diplomatic relations with Israel and stopped lucrative exports of coal to Israel, as well as all weapons deals. — Larry Luxner, Sun Sentinel, 20 July 2026

Memorably, the isolated Pacific island kingdom of Tonga was reliant on a single subsea cable, which was severed during the 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai volcanic eruption. — Chloe Demrovsky, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Over the course of the past week, the cast of the Hulu reality series has began to unravel on social media after Taylor Frankie Paul severed herself from her former friends and MomTok community. — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 17 July 2026

The front-end loader struck 37-year-old Victor Vivian Cano Franco in the midsection, and his body was severed, according to the agency. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026

Quarry operators severed the pipeline in 1992 during mining operations, which left the rainwater draining into the quarry. — Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026

But the animal rolled over, causing Brodie’s hand to be severed. — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026

The facility hosted summer and after school programming in partnership with the Boys and Girls Clubs of America before the two organizations severed ties at the start of 2025. — Nick Sullivan july 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 July 2026