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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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
Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2025
The attacker allegedly severed the boy’s head from his body and continued to attack his torso as the victim’s mother watched.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
The founders of Natasha’s Allergy Research Foundation also severed ties.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
The motorcyclist was conscious, but his leg was severed from the collision.
—April Quevedo, jsonline.com, 23 Sep. 2025
Since then, the two have seemingly severed ties.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2025
The WebEx video link was also severed, as the court went into recess.
—Amanda Castro
hannah Parry
joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
The Joe Burrow Foundation has severed ties with Hamilton County Municipal Judge Ted Berry after the Ohio judge allegedly made celebratory comments on social media about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
—Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Since then, Nebius has fully severed ties with Yandex’s Russian operations and has relocated to Amsterdam with an international engineering team.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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
Adjective
Vasquez died from gunshot wounds to the face and to the left of Vasquez’s belly button, which affected several internal organs and severed his spinal cord, according to previous testimony.
—Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2025
The attacker allegedly severed the boy’s head from his body and continued to attack his torso as the victim’s mother watched.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
The founders of Natasha’s Allergy Research Foundation also severed ties.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
The motorcyclist was conscious, but his leg was severed from the collision.
—April Quevedo, jsonline.com, 23 Sep. 2025
Since then, the two have seemingly severed ties.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2025
The WebEx video link was also severed, as the court went into recess.
—Amanda Castro
hannah Parry
joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
The Joe Burrow Foundation has severed ties with Hamilton County Municipal Judge Ted Berry after the Ohio judge allegedly made celebratory comments on social media about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
—Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Since then, Nebius has fully severed ties with Yandex’s Russian operations and has relocated to Amsterdam with an international engineering team.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for severed
Verb
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In the case of Cardi B, whose net worth is reportedly close to $100 million, being legally separated from her husband qualifies her as a single mother, although her economics put her in another category apart from both single- and dual-parent families.—
Meagan Jordan,
Rolling Stone,
3 Oct. 2025
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Lori Loughlin and her husband Mossimo Giannulli have separated, Fox News has learned.—
Brie Stimson , Larry Fink,
FOXNews.com,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Physicists remain divided on these questions.—
Dipangkar Dutta,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
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Rothschild's rating for Coinbase falls in line with the majority of calls on Wall Street, although analysts are somewhat divided on the stock.—
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Accounts can be connected or disconnected at any time.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Oct. 2025
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The term bubble usually refers to a period of inflated stock prices or valuations of companies that have disconnected from the fundamentals of a business.—
Arjun Kharpal,
CNBC,
3 Oct. 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 18 qualified teams were split into pots of three, according to their UEFA coefficient, and were drawn against two teams from each pot, with three matches away and three at home.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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So, all those nine teams splitting the first two on the road won the series … right?—
Ryan Ford,
Freep.com,
6 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
Adjective
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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
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Trainer Bob Baffert’s uncoupled of Philippa and Neko finished third and fourth, respectively.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Ashley Darby, after seven winters, six summers, and two presidential administrations, has finally gotten divorced from the corporeal gremlin known as Michael Darby.—
Shamira Ibrahim,
Vulture,
6 Oct. 2025
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The Bird’s Nest now houses 11 women between the ages of 60 and 80, most of them single, divorced or widowed.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Severed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/severed. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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