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Recent Examples of severed
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.
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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.
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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.
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CBS News,
25 Feb. 2026
The severed half plopped limply back into her bowl.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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Anthony D'alessandro,
Deadline,
28 Aug. 2025
Phil Lempert,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
He was immediately detained; officers entered the home — where Mao reportedly rented a room — and found the victim lying on the ground next to a bunk bed, unresponsive with visible head injuries, cuts to her right hand and a finger severed from her left hand.
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Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
17 June 2026
The architecture is intended to preserve mission continuity even when datalinks are jammed or severed.
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Aditya Jadhav,
Interesting Engineering,
15 June 2026
However, in a ruling on Thursday, June 11, the higher court concluded that Montgomery didn’t get a fair trial because the trial court should have severed the murder and second-degree assault charges, CBS News reported.
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Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
11 June 2026
The four-bladed head had severed big arteries and was bedded against the hip bone.
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Fred Bear,
Outdoor Life,
11 June 2026
Over the last 10 years, contact and dialogue across the Taiwan Strait have been completely severed.
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Scott Tong,
NPR,
11 June 2026
Resist the urge to edge around trees; healthy trees can be compromised when surface roots are severed during the edging process.
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Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 June 2026
The TikTok star has severed ties with the company that launched in 2023, according to PEOPLE.
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Sharareh Drury,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 June 2026
Adjective
According to the full plot description on Amazon, our protagonists have more to worry about than just severed fingers.
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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
That supply was severed during spring planting season in the Northern Hemisphere which is the most critical window of the agricultural calendar.
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Phil Lempert,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
He was immediately detained; officers entered the home — where Mao reportedly rented a room — and found the victim lying on the ground next to a bunk bed, unresponsive with visible head injuries, cuts to her right hand and a finger severed from her left hand.
—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
17 June 2026
The architecture is intended to preserve mission continuity even when datalinks are jammed or severed.
—
Aditya Jadhav,
Interesting Engineering,
15 June 2026
However, in a ruling on Thursday, June 11, the higher court concluded that Montgomery didn’t get a fair trial because the trial court should have severed the murder and second-degree assault charges, CBS News reported.
—
Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
11 June 2026
The four-bladed head had severed big arteries and was bedded against the hip bone.
—
Fred Bear,
Outdoor Life,
11 June 2026
Over the last 10 years, contact and dialogue across the Taiwan Strait have been completely severed.
—
Scott Tong,
NPR,
11 June 2026
Resist the urge to edge around trees; healthy trees can be compromised when surface roots are severed during the edging process.
—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 June 2026
The TikTok star has severed ties with the company that launched in 2023, according to PEOPLE.
—
Sharareh Drury,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for severed
Adjective
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It can only be used for spending and budgetary measures and allows for passing controversial legislation along party lines in the narrowly divided chamber.
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At sentencing, the remaining counts — a felony charge of first-degree involuntary manslaughter and a misdemeanor charge of driving the wrong way on a divided highway that resulted in a crash — will also be dismissed, according to the court document.
Verb
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As the aircraft approached Atlantic City, a portion of one of the main rotor blades separated, the NTSB report showed, tearing the transmission and rotor apart and sending the helicopter crashing onto the Garden State Parkway.
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Watching Bryce Dettloff and Trinity Tatum pine for each other while separated by Casa Amor and realize their feelings for each other while unable to talk was sincerely romantic.
Adjective
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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.
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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.
Verb
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So even if disconnected from headquarters, a brigade can still use the system.
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Carbon offsets, by contrast, can be difficult to verify and are often disconnected from local conditions.
Adjective
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Just look at Bindo’s neck, exposed by a parted curtain of hair, the feathery wisps of sideburn, the plump lips, the green eyes.
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Faithe with her son, AydenAmanda Langston As the two parted ways, Amanda saw Faithe’s demeanor shift.
Verb
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After a 1980s split with Fidel Castro cost him the Interior Ministry, Valdés returned to power in the 2000s, overseeing telecommunications, serving as vice president and helping recover Che Guevara’s remains.
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The delays were split nearly evenly, affecting 332 flights departing the Denver airport and 287 flights arriving, according to FlightAware.
Adjective
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In 1863, Abraham Lincoln, hoping to unite a sundered nation, issued a proclamation declaring Thanksgiving to be a national holiday.
Adjective
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An absurdist black comedy that satirizes our culture's discomfort around uncoupled people, The Lobster asks what would happen if singles were given 45 days to find a mate, or be transformed into the animal of their choice.
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To prevent releasing any asbestos, whole sections of the old pipe are uncoupled from their connections without cutting.
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“Severed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/severed. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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