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to set or force apart
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Recent Examples of severed
Simon Shuster, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
Professor Orloff is a severed head that floats in a jar.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 6 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
Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2025
The Brockermeyer family is one of the most prominent football names in the history of Fort Worth, but its connection to TCU was severed over a few hundred thousand bucks.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Oct. 2025
Claire is standing on her front lawn, and suddenly…a life upended, a body and soul severed, a reality redefined.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 27 Oct. 2025
She was battered and bruised, with one leg severed above the knee, and died a few hours later.
—Jeff Suess, Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Oct. 2025
Google earlier this month offloaded the key career resource program for supporting women in tech and severed its integration within the company.
—Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
Teens can’t follow or be followed by accounts that repeatedly share inappropriate material, and any existing connections will be severed, blocking comments, messages and visibility in feeds.
—Larry Magid, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
Despite stepping back from leadership, Nicklaus continued to provide design services until May 2022, when his professional ties to the company were fully severed.
—Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Human consciousness, however, can be severed between the two halves, LaSota claims.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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
Professor Orloff is a severed head that floats in a jar.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 6 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 killer slit Catherine's throat with a razor so severely that her head was nearly severed before striking them both with an axe, per the Times-Picayune.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2025
The Brockermeyer family is one of the most prominent football names in the history of Fort Worth, but its connection to TCU was severed over a few hundred thousand bucks.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Oct. 2025
Claire is standing on her front lawn, and suddenly…a life upended, a body and soul severed, a reality redefined.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 27 Oct. 2025
She was battered and bruised, with one leg severed above the knee, and died a few hours later.
—Jeff Suess, Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Oct. 2025
Google earlier this month offloaded the key career resource program for supporting women in tech and severed its integration within the company.
—Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
Teens can’t follow or be followed by accounts that repeatedly share inappropriate material, and any existing connections will be severed, blocking comments, messages and visibility in feeds.
—Larry Magid, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
Despite stepping back from leadership, Nicklaus continued to provide design services until May 2022, when his professional ties to the company were fully severed.
—Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Human consciousness, however, can be severed between the two halves, LaSota claims.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 20 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for severed
Adjective
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European markets fell after a divided Bank of England kept its main interest rate unchanged.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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It’s supported by a broad coalition of industry leaders, environmentalists, chefs, fishermen and scientists—in a time that feels so divided, this is an awesome example of people coming together.—
Amanda Leland,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Upon landing, the men separated and tried to flee but most were captured that same day.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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Others abused alcohol and drugs, were separated and divorced, or acted out violently.—
Arianna Huffington,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Since then, attorneys and judges have overseen multiple lenient plea deals and case dismissals, while local prosecutors reviewed hundreds of active and resolved cases that Tran investigated.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The phone eventually gave a busy signal, as if the line had been taken off the hook, and not long after, the number was disconnected.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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The phone numbers the scammers were using turned out to be disconnected.—
Harry Harris,
Mercury News,
27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Instead of crimps, Paxton's honey blonde locks were styled in romantic waves and with parted curtain bangs.—
Michelle Lee,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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The audience watched quietly until Matthew McConaughey, sporting a parted blond bowl cut and ferrying students to some end-of-year fun, delivered a signature bit of dialogue.—
Hillary Kelly,
The Atlantic,
6 June 2025
Verb
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Sometimes lightning hits the mountainside and splits or burns a tree.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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Jeanty, initially lined up in the right slot, motioned into the backfield, leaving Bowers and wide receiver Jakobi Meyers lined up to that side, with receivers Tyler Lockett and Tre Tucker split to the left.—
Michael Silver,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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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
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Democrats and liberal pundits in particular have seen expressions of thoughts and prayers, particularly coming from the GOP and prominent commentators on the right, as an empty gesture when uncoupled with specific actions on gun control to prevent mass shootings.—
Dominick Mastrangelo,
The Hill,
30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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But even when Carr smashes a model boat to smithereens after a professional rejection or Allura imagines herself going full Lemonade on Chase’s sidepiece, their actions feel divorced from any larger context.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
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But even when Carr smashes a model boat to smithereens after a professional rejection or Allura imagines herself going full Lemonade on Chase’s sidepiece, their actions feel divorced from any larger context.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Severed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/severed. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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