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• v  set or keep apart
• v  cut off from a whole
  His head was severed from his body
• s  detached by cutting
  a severed head

• Of all the daring operations devised by modern surgeons, few have seemed more exciting than "replantation"the reattachment of a completely severed arm or leg to the body.
• A Malaysian court charged 12 Muslims with criminal offenses Wednesday for parading a severed cow head to protest the construction of a Hindu temple in a case that stoked religious .
• They have a friend whose daughter is away at camp, and had an accident in which her hand was severed.

• sever
• break up
• discerp
• lop
• cut off

News & Articles

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• Grand Avenue bridge project to sever valley’s main traffic artery
  One of Pitkin County’s economic lifelines will be severed for two months in 2015, when the Colorado Department of Transportation replaces the Grand Avenue Bridge in Glenwood Springs.
  June 12, 2013 - The Aspen Times
• Reported severed hand was a birthday prank prop
  NOTTINGHAM, England, June 11 (UPI) -- British police said what looked like a severed hand discovered outside a residence was just a prank that hadn't been properly cleaned up.
  June 11, 2013 - UPI
• 'Severed finger in chili' woman gets two years in prison in new hoax
  SAN JOSE, Calif., June 5 (UPI) -- A California woman imprisoned for planting a severed finger in a bowl of restaurant chili in 2005 will return to jail for a new hoax, court records indicate.
  June 5, 2013 - UPI

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in KHON2
  To regenerate a severed spinal cord and lift someone from a wheelchair. to spur insulin production and spare a child from a lifetime of needles,said President Obama.
• Osama bin Laden in Forbes
  Failure to give allegiance to the emir after he has been endorsed leads to great evils,bin Laden warned. "Emir Abu Omar would rather have his neck severed than betray the Muslims ...... Emir Abu Omar and his brothers are not one of those...
• William Galvin in Washington Post
  Over the years, the relationship between lender and borrower and a particular piece of property has been severed,said Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin. "It's clear that it's become a runaway train."