Synonyms of severing

severing

verb

present participle of sever

as in separating

to set or force apart

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• separating
• dividing
• splitting
• disconnecting
• sundering
• resolving
• parting
• dissociating
• detaching
• divorcing
• isolating
• pulling
• disassociating
• ramifying
• uncoupling
• decoupling
• unlinking
• dissecting
• disjointing
• cleaving
• dissolving
• decomposing
• disuniting
• disjoining
• dissevering
• subdividing
• breaking up
• tearing
• fragmenting
• unyoking
• disintegrating
• ripping
• bisecting
• fracturing
• segmenting
• bifurcating
• disassembling
• halving
• rupturing
• quartering
• breaking
• rending
• fractionating
• segregating
• partitioning
• dichotomizing
• unraveling
• trisecting
• insulating
• breaking down
• disengaging
• untying
• riving
• sequestering
• secluding
• disentangling
• cutting off
• fragmentating
• fractionalizing
• fragmentizing
• rifting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• linking
• joining
• uniting
• combining
• mixing
• connecting
• assembling
• coupling
• blending
• associating
• unifying
• mingling
• attaching
• closing
• binding
• sticking
• cementing
• fastening
• fusing
• welding
• accumulating
• knitting
• agglutinating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of severing

The controversial procedure, which involved severing nerve pathways in the brain’s frontal lobes to treat severe mental illnesses, had been developed by Portuguese neurologist Antonio Egas Moniz in 1935. — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026

Cutting the servers’ power or severing their network connection may be enough. — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026

Now, Operation Economic Outcast is severing every remaining economic lifeline sustaining the Islamic Republic of Iran. — Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 31 Aug. 2026

Golden stabbed Sidney once in the thigh, severing his femoral artery. — Marissa Perlman, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026

With the fighting have come border closures, severing a critical trade route and preventing Afghan producers from reaching what is the primary export market for many goods. — Abdul Qahar Afghan, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026

During one of the more graphic sequences, It4mi swings a blade at the woman, severing her arm and sending blood across the frame. — Krystie Lee Yandoli, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2026

While severing thread-ectronics will destroy them, eutectogels are stable, soft enough to touch or connect to the human body, and allow transistor repair through the simple application of low heat. — New Atlas, 2 Aug. 2026

Moving Instagram to a bigger screen, then, is usually a route not to normalizing it in that new space but instead to severing ties with it altogether. — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 2 Aug. 2026