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   sever

   /ˈsɛvə/

   verb

   • 1. divide by cutting or slicing, especially suddenly and forcibly: "the head was severed from the body" Similar cut offchop offlop offhack offcleavehew offshear offslice offsplitbreak offtear offdivideseparatepartdetachdisconnectamputatedockliterary:rendarchaic:sunderrare:dissevercutcut throughrupturesplitpierceriptearOpposite joinattach
   • ▪ put an end to (a connection or relationship); break off: "the notice itself may be sufficient to sever the joint tenancy" Similar break offdiscontinuesuspendbring to an endendput an end toterminatestopceaseconcludedissolveOpposite maintainestablishinitiate

   Word Origin Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French severer, from Latin separare ‘disjoin, divide’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. severable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • S

     1

   • E

     1

   • V

     4

   • E

     1

   • R

     1

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