severs
Breaks apart completely
Severs is the third-person singular form of sever, meaning to cut off or separate completely.
A blade severs a rope; a court ruling severs parental rights.
The word implies finality—what's severed is fully detached: The accident severs the nerve.
Figuratively, someone severs ties or severs a relationship when ending it decisively.
Splits or pauses
- endsTermini or concludes
- terminatesBrings to an end
- dissolvesDisperses into solution
- rupturesBreaks or bursts suddenly
disconnects · estranges · alienates · divorces · separates · splits · detaches · disassociates
Surgically removes limb
- dismembersCuts off limbs
- detachesRemoves from connection
- removesTakes something out
- excisesRemoves by cutting
cuts off · separates · decapitates · surgical removal · traumatic injury · prosthetic · phantom limb · stump
Breaks a connection
- unplugsWithdraws from socket
- detachesRemoves from connection
- interruptsBreaks another's speech
- breaksSplits or pauses
cuts · terminates · disengages · uncouples · unlinks · isolates · removes · blocks
cuts
Severs or reduces
cleaves · hacks · amputates · detaches · lops · shears · snips · truncates · bisects · dissects
breaks
Splits or pauses
- endsTermini or concludes
- terminatesBrings to an end
- dissolvesDisperses into solution
ruptures · disconnects · estranges · alienates · divorces · separates · splits · detaches · disassociates · abandons
amputates
Surgically removes limb
- dismembersCuts off limbs
- detachesRemoves from connection
- removesTakes something out
excises · cuts off · separates · decapitates · surgical removal · traumatic injury · prosthetic · phantom limb · stump · reattachment
disconnects
Breaks a connection
- unplugsWithdraws from socket
- detachesRemoves from connection
- interruptsBreaks another's speech
breaks · cuts · terminates · disengages · uncouples · unlinks · isolates · removes · blocks · halts
- cuts offdisconnects, detaches, unplugs, shuts off, shuts down
- hurtsaches, burns, cuts, wounds, injures
- splitssplits, divisions, separations, partings, breaks
- severe weatherDangerous atmospheric phenomena
- severe painAcute physical distress
- severed headRemoved cranium, detached
- severe thunderstormIntense storm with lightning
- severing tiesEnding a relationship completely
- severed handLimb cut from arm
severe, sever, severity, severed, severing, severer, dissever, unsevered, asseveration