Wordiyo

sever

🇬🇧 UK/'sevә/🇺🇸 US
TOEFLGREC2

Definitions

v.

To cut or break something off completely; to separate or divide.

切断；断绝；分离

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
severother
=sever

Common Collocations

  • 1.sever ties断绝关系
  • 2.sever relations切断联系
  • 3.sever a connection断开连接
  • 4.sever diplomatic relations断绝外交关系

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The accident severed his connection to the company he had built for decades.

  • 2.

    Surgeons worked for hours to reattach the finger that had been severed.

  • 3.

    The two nations decided to sever diplomatic ties following the border conflict.

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