How to Use sever in a Sentence

sever

verb
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  • Activists are asking the government to sever all diplomatic relations with the country.
  • In 1994, the mainline Churches of Christ severed ties with the group.
    — Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The train crushed and nearly severed his right foot and his left leg at the knee.
    — Jessica Lussenhop, ProPublica, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Aubrey was pulled almost out of the window, and the strap severed her feet.
    — David Chiu, Peoplemag, 26 Dec. 2023
  • Saldívar then pulled out her gun and shot the singer in the back, severing an artery.
    — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 17 Feb. 2024
  • An uncle is a bond of faith that even time can't sever, a gift to last all of our lives.
    — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2023
  • In 1971, Arthur Burns begged Richard Nixon to not sever the dollar’s link to gold.
    — John Tamny, Forbes, 7 May 2023
  • Slide the knife under the oyster to sever the muscle from the bottom shell.
    — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Oct. 2023
  • The pipe was cracked, severing the water supply and flooding the first floor of the station.
    — John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2023
  • Now, the ease with which people move from place to place, and rise in online banking, has severed that link.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2023
  • One wing is severed, the fuselage is ripped in two, the cockpit crushed and the front half of the plane slides down a glacier that became known as the Valley of Tears.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The charge was severed from the rest of the case when Bankman-Fried was convicted at trial in November.
    — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Rescuers were able to loosen the gear one cut at a time, and once the stretch of rope running through the whale's mouth and around its tail was severed, the humpback swam away.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Shrapnel from the second shell hit Mr. Dagan in the neck, severing an artery and killing him, his wife said.
    — Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
  • The collapse severed the economic lifeline in and out of the region.
    — Colin Dickey, Popular Mechanics, 31 Aug. 2023
  • In the study, researchers severed both strands of the DNA molecule in cells from humans, cows, mice and bowhead whales.
    — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2023
  • In the video, Goldberg-Polin’s left arm was severed below his elbow.
    — Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 24 June 2024
  • Hersh last seen in a video released by Hamas in April with his left arm severed below his elbow.
    — ABC News, 9 June 2024
  • Gage had broken his back and severed his spinal cord in an accident.
    — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2023
  • It was fully severed when, in 2012, Firkus remarried, vowing to spend the rest of his life with the sister of a close friend of Heidi's.
    — Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The Zuni shot out of the rocket pod, severing the arm of a crewman who was in the rocket’s path, and hitting an A-4 Skyhawk.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 9 May 2023
  • Bomb fragments severed her spinal cord and paralyzed her from the waist down, doctors said.
    — Samar Abu Elouf Samar Abu Elouf, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Binance’s best bet for survival is to sever all ties with Zhao, but its owner seems unlikely to get out of the way.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The storm severed transportation links between New York City and the upstate region.
    — Kristin Chapman, New York Times, 10 July 2023
  • The judge scheduled a hearing on Wednesday on their motions to sever themselves from the others.
    — Kate Brumback, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2023
  • In the finale, Joe decides to sever ties with the imaginary Rhys once and for all, throwing him into the River Thames.
    — Amy MacKelden, ELLE, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Now, Amazon is trying to sever its contract with Ervin near the end of this month, which would put him out of business and his 84 drivers out of work.
    — WIRED, 13 June 2023
  • An Iraqi missile had severed the plane's hydraulic lines.
    — David Martin, CBS News, 1 May 2023
  • Pembroke Park has already severed its ties with the sheriff’s office.
    — Steve Geller, Sun Sentinel, 18 July 2024
  • His arm was reportedly severed by a plastic wrapping machine on the farm.
    — Sharon Braithwaite, CNN, 21 June 2024

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