severs
- present tense form of sever (3rd person singular).
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
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
They also point out that relocation severs the deep, centuries-old connection that rural Tibetans share with their land.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2024
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
