Synonyms of severed

severed 1 of 2

adjective

as in divided

Related Words

• divided
• resolved
• parted
• split
• dissociated
• sundered
• uncoupled
• divorced
• broken up
• dissevered
• ramified
• disunited
• disjoined
• discontinuous
• unyoked
• apart
• noncontinuous
• removed
• farthest
• far
• unconnected
• unlinked
• away
• distant
• isolated
• disconnected
• detached
• discrete
• free-standing
• isolate
• unattached
• separate
• remote
• far-off
• faraway
• single
• nonadjacent
• noncontiguous

Dissimilar Words

• adjacent
• contiguous
• joining
• adjoining
• neighboring
• touching
• abutting
• close
• closest
• immediate
• near
• conterminous
• nearby
• nearest
• flush
• fringing
• juxtaposed
• approximate
• connected
• attached
• joined
• next-door
• linked
• flanking
• connecting
• bordering
• nigh
• verging
• united
• skirting
• communicating
• interconnecting

severed

2 of 2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• separated
• divided
• disconnected
• split
• sundered
• resolved
• parted
• dissociated
• divorced
• isolated
• disassociated
• pulled
• disjoined
• dissevered
• uncoupled
• detached
• ramified
• decoupled
• disunited
• disjointed
• dissected
• decomposed
• broke up
• unlinked
• dissolved
• cleaved
• disintegrated
• subdivided
• unyoked
• ripped
• fragmented
• bifurcated
• fractured
• tore
• quartered
• bisected
• segmented
• ruptured
• halved
• disassembled
• partitioned
• fractionated
• broke
• broke down
• unraveled
• segregated
• insulated
• dichotomized
• untied
• cut off
• rived
• trisected
• fragmentated
• rifted
• rent
• disengaged
• disentangled
• fragmentized
• fractionalized
• sequestered
• secluded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• linked
• joined
• united
• associated
• combined
• connected
• unified
• mixed
• assembled
• mingled
• coupled
• attached
• blended
• bound
• closed
• fastened
• fused
• welded
• cemented
• stuck
• accumulated
• agglutinated
• knit

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of severed

Adjective

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

Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, who had severed ties with Israel, was a supporter of the Palestinian independence cause. — ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026

The film follows Xiaowei, a young man from Chaoshan who travels secretly to Thailand to find the grandfather who severed contact with the family decades earlier. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 July 2026

In early January 1939, Diego Rivera formally severed ties with Trotsky. — Literary Hub, 28 July 2026

Undisciplined conflict produces resentment and paralysis, and leaves our relationships weak or severed entirely. — Frederick J. Ryan, Fortune, 25 July 2026

Historically, worker pay grew with productivity, but this link severed post-1970s, causing the minimum wage's real value to hit a 77-year low. — Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 24 July 2026

When an outsider infiltrates the family, buried tensions surface and blood ties are severed. — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 24 July 2026

Once the vines have been severed, leave the upper portions in place. — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 24 July 2026

The missing 14-year-old’s body rotted for weeks until it was found in the trunk of a Tesla at a Hollywood tow yard last September, severed at the limbs and stuffed into black plastic bags, according to medical examiner’s records and court filings. — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026