SEVERED Synonyms: 136 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in divided

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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

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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 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 Once the main roots have been severed, use the hoe end of the mattock and the shovel to loosen the soil and rock/pry/lift the stump out of the ground. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 5 July 2026 According to officials, 31-year-old Brittany Clark, of Orlando, was swimming in the river when the alligator bit both of her arms and severed one. — Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 1 July 2026 Syracuse’s downtown, already severed by the interstate highway, withered. — Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 30 June 2026 The film spans eight decades of Singapore’s history, following two childhood friends – gifted violinists Fei and Kai – whose lives are severed by the Japanese occupation of the 1940s. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 June 2026 The launch comes more than three years after Adult Swim severed ties with Roiland following felony domestic abuse charges that were later dismissed. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 24 June 2026 Lestat is basically in Hell; having turned Nicky, he is now forever severed from him mentally, while Nicky’s mental state continues to deteriorate. — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 22 June 2026 That supply was severed during spring planting season in the Northern Hemisphere which is the most critical window of the agricultural calendar. — Phil Lempert, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for severed

Adjective

Americans are deeply divided and intensely polarized, with pessimism at or near a multidecade high.

— Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 4 July 2026
In a world increasingly more divided than connected — where politics, algorithms and social media feuds sort us into tribes siloed by grievances — the World Cup still accomplishes something remarkably simple.

— Marcus Thompson II, New York Times, 30 June 2026

Definition of divided

Verb

Faster clinical brain imaging The new design removes one of the biggest bottlenecks in conventional computer architecture, where memory and processors are physically separated.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 July 2026
Instead, Hargitay learned at age 30 that her bio-dad was Italian entertainer Nelson Sardelli — Giovanna Sardelli’s father — with whom Mansfield had a brief relationship while separated from Mickey Hargitay in the early 1960s.

— Martha Ross, Mercury News, 6 July 2026

Definition of separated

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
What frustrated her most was that the issue refused to stay resolved.

— Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025

Definition of resolved

Verb

Violators get warning letters before fines are given, and ultimately, water may be disconnected.

— Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 5 July 2026
If your pet already has a microchip, make sure the information is up to date; sometimes, even pets with microchips can’t be identified because the phone number associated with them has been disconnected.

— Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026

Definition of disconnected

Verb

In August, the five-person court split along party lines to meet once a month instead of twice a month.

— Rachel Royster July 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 July 2026
In the future, should both formats reach 20 submissions in the same year, the Television Academy will automatically split the categories into two again.

— Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026

Definition of split

Adjective

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.

— Ilana Gordon, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Feb. 2026
To prevent releasing any asbestos, whole sections of the old pipe are uncoupled from their connections without cutting.

— Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2025

Definition of uncoupled

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