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dissever
[ dih-sev-er ]
verb (used with object)
- to sever; separate.
- to divide into parts.
verb (used without object)
- to part; separate.
dissever
/ dɪˈsɛvə /
verb
- to break off or become broken off
- tr to divide up into parts
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Derived Forms
- disˈseverance, noun
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Other Words From
- dis·sever·ance dis·sever·ment dis·sever·ation noun
- undis·severed adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dissever1
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Example Sentences
But—and I forbear to lead up to it artistically—I dissever myself from your chariot wheels.
So the man was able to dissever the ghastly head and thus to slay the monstrous dragon.
Secrecy and guilt go so perpetually together, that it is almost difficult for the mind to dissever them.
You can dissever none of these facts one from the other, and we now approach the “one man principle.”
Like a white dove, the soul hovered for a moment above this body, of which the exhausted materials were about to dissever.
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