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

His iconic chest symbol even doubles as a detachable axe for severing limbs. — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2026

Proposition 5 amends California’s Constitution to change how recall elections work, severing the recall vote from who replaces the official in office. — Kiara Adams, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026

One was Larry Page, the 53-year-old Google cofounder who had ties to California for decades and began severing them after the wealth tax proposal. — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026

Another piece sliced through his salivary gland before bouncing off his jaw and piercing the back of his neck, severing an artery and embedding in a vertebra. — Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026

The actress was hurt on the set of Batwoman in 2019, nearly severing her spinal cord and herniating two discs in her neck. — Entertainment Weekly, 3 Oct. 2026

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