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Synonyms & Antonyms of severed

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as in sundered, divided

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for severed

broken up,
disjoined,
dissevered,
dissociated,
disunited,
divided,
divorced,
parted,
ramified,
resolved,
split,
sundered,
uncoupled,
unyoked

discontinuous,
noncontinuous

away,
distant,
far,
faraway,
far-off,
farthest,
remote

apart,
detached,
disconnected,
discrete,
free-standing,
isolate,
isolated,
removed,
separate,
single,
unattached,
unconnected,
unlinked

nonadjacent,
noncontiguous

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for severed

abutting,
adjacent,
adjoining,
bordering,
conterminous,
contiguous,
flanking,
flush,
fringing,
joining,
juxtaposed,
neighboring,
skirting,
touching,
verging

approximate,
close,
closest,
immediate,
near,
nearby,
nearest,
next-door,
nigh

attached,
communicating,
connected,
connecting,
interconnecting,
joined,
linked,
united

severed

verb

past tense of sever

Synonyms & Antonyms of severed (Entry 2 of 2)

to set or force apart

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

Synonyms for severed

Words Related to severed

broke down,
decomposed,
disassembled,
disintegrated,
dissolved

bifurcated,
bisected,
cleaved
(or cleft),
dichotomized,
dissected,
fractionalized,
fractionated,
halved,
partitioned,
quartered,
segmented,
subdivided,
trisected

fragmentated,
fragmented,
fragmentized

broke,
fractured,
pulled,
rent
(also rended),
rifted,
ripped,
rived,
ruptured,
tore

cut off,
insulated,
isolated,
secluded,
segregated,
sequestered

detached,
disengaged,
disentangled,
unraveled,
untied

Near Antonyms for severed

assembled,
associated,
blended
(also blent),
combined,
mingled,
mixed

connected,
coupled

accumulated,
agglutinated,
attached,
bound,
cemented,
closed,
fastened,
fused,
knit
(or knitted),
stuck,
welded

Antonyms for severed

joined,
linked,
unified,
united

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