sever
verb (used with object)
to separate (a part) from the whole, as by cutting or the like.
severs
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present tense formof sever (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Aside from providing some comic relief, Fennell’s revision also fast-tracks the marriage plot that severs Cathy and Heathcliff.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026
Flipping the script, Rapp severs ties with a friend when the temptation to stray becomes too strong on the melancholy ballad I Can't Have You Around Me.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2025
It follows workers at a megacorporation who submit to a procedure that severs their work memories from their personal ones, and it gets wildly weird.
From Slate ● Jan. 16, 2025
This is what severs Oliver's formal relationship with National Review.
From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2024
In the Greek myth of Prometheus the gift of fire forever severs humankind from the natural world—the burning torch is the icon of the constructed and artificial.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
