sever

Meaning

1. (transitive) To cut free.
2. (intransitive) To suffer disjunction; to be parted or separated.
3. (intransitive) To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.
4. To disconnect; to disunite; to terminate.

Synonyms

cut

separate

cut off

split

break off

divide

cleave

chop

disconnect

interrupt

tear

break up

break

part

carve

amputate

shear

slice

clip

cut out

snap

lop

pluck

chop off

detach

cut through

cut short

discerp

divorce

cut away

disunite

tear off

terminate

disperse

shorten

shave

rend

rip off

strip

partition

pierce

nip

intercept

exterminate

put an end to

sunder

decollate

cut-out

cease

behead

Translations

trennen

dividir

separar

romper

cortar

couper

separar

ayırmak

cortar

rompre

scheiden

abtrennen

troncare

aufteilen

abbrechen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɛv.ɚ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: severen

In summary

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.