sever.
To cut free.
Meaning & usage
To cut free.
After he graduated, he severed all links to his family.
to sever the head from the body
To suffer disjunction; to be parted or separated.
To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.
To disconnect; to disunite; to terminate.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English severen, from Old French sevrer, from Latin separāre (“to separate”), from se- (“apart”) + parāre (“provide, arrange”). Doublet of separate, from the past participle of that Latin verb.
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