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severed 音標拼音: [s'ɛvɚd] pp. 隔斷 隔斷 severed adj 1: detached by cutting; " cut flowers"; " a severed head"; " an old tale of Anne Bolyn walking the castle walls with her poor cut- off head under her arm" [ synonym: { severed}, { cut off}] 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}.] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster] The angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just. -- Matt. xiii. 49. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To cut or break open or apart; to divide into parts; to cut through; to disjoin; as, to sever the arm or leg. [ 1913 Webster] Our state can not be severed; we are one. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To keep distinct or apart; to except; to exempt. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Law) To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate; as, to sever an estate in joint tenancy. -- Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster] 20 Moby Thesaurus words for " severed": cleft, cloven, cracked, cut, in pieces, in shreds, lacerate, lacerated, mangled, mutilated, quartered, ragged, rent, riven, shredded, slit, splintered, split, tattered, torn
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