Crossword clues for severing
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sever \Sev"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Severed; p. pr. & vb. n. Severing.] [OF. sevrer, severer, to separate, F. sevrer to wean, fr. L. separare. See Separate, and cf. Several.]
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To separate, as one from another; to cut off from something; to divide; to part in any way, especially by violence, as by cutting, rending, etc.; as, to sever the head from the body.
The angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just.
--Matt. xiii. 49. -
To cut or break open or apart; to divide into parts; to cut through; to disjoin; as, to sever the arm or leg.
Our state can not be severed; we are one.
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To keep distinct or apart; to except; to exempt.
I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there.
--Ex. viii. 22. (Law) To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate; as, to sever an estate in joint tenancy.
--Blackstone.
Wiktionary
n. The act by which something is severed. vb. (present participle of sever English)
WordNet
n. the act of severing [syn: severance]
Usage examples of "severing".
Some of the disloyal papers in Ireland, while abusing the Canadian Protestants with bitterness, expressed their hope that they would settle the dispute by an appeal to arms, forcibly severing the colony from the sceptre of Victoria.
After several efforts, he succeeded in severing the two regiments under Mawhood, which success opened his way to Prince-town.
Its tip emerged into the back of his mouth, severing a large portion of the tongue.
Steam power came, but the chair was never brought out of storage, because a more recent Hannegan found the best executioner on this continent in the person of Wooshin, whose ancestors came from a different continent, and who used a hatchet with such artistry and ease that a whole afternoon of severing heads left him untired and tranquil, able to sit in deep meditation for two hours before dinner.
The Las Palomas range had been fenced, several large tracts of land being added after my severing active connections with the ranch.
He brought the blade down with all his might, severing the head from the body.
Lieutenant Browne-Clayton remained till the last, to watch the withdrawal, and in so doing was shot dead, the bullet severing the blood-vessels near the heart.