If you're not careful, the dog will sever the head of your doll.
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Sever
//ˈsɛv.ɚ//
Synonyms for "sever" (130 found)
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Verb(1 words)
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5 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
5 entrieshas context
1 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
90 translations across 29 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- بَتَّ verb (to cut free)
- جَذَبَ verb (to cut free)
- قَطَعَ verb (to cut free)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- qırmaq verb (to cut free)
Bulgarian
4 entries- откъсвам verb (to cut free)
- откъсвам се verb (to be parted or separated)
- отрязвам verb (to cut free)
- разделям verb (to make a separation or distinction)
Catalan
3 entries- seccionar verb (to cut free)
- separar verb (to cut free)
- tallar verb (to cut free)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- پەڕاندن verb (to cut free)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 斷絕 /断绝 verb (to cut free)
Dutch
2 entries- lossnijden verb (to cut free)
- scheiden verb (to cut free)
Dyirbal
1 entries- nudin (guwal) verb (to cut free)
Egyptian
1 entries- d:n-T30 verb (to cut free)
Finnish
4 entries- eriyttää verb (legal: to disunite; to disconnect; to terminate)
- erottaa verb (to make a separation or distinction)
- erottaa verb (legal: to disunite; to disconnect; to terminate)
- joutua eroon verb (to be parted or separated)
French
3 entries- rompre verb (to cut free)
- sectionner verb (to cut free)
- trancher verb (to cut free)
German
4 entries- abbrechen verb (to cut free)
- abtrennen verb (to cut free)
- durchtrennen verb (to cut free)
- trennen verb (to cut free)
Hungarian
1 entries- elvág verb (to cut free)
Italian
4 entries- distaccare verb (legal: to disunite; to disconnect; to terminate)
- recidere verb (to cut free)
- rescindere verb (legal: to disunite; to disconnect; to terminate)
- separare verb (legal: to disunite; to disconnect; to terminate)
Japanese
3 entries- 切断する verb (to cut free)
- 断ち切る verb (to cut free)
- 断つ verb (to cut free)
Korean
1 entries- 절단하다 verb (to cut free)
Latin
2 entries- dēsecō verb (to cut free)
- praecīdō verb (to cut free)
Latvian
2 entries- nogriezt verb (to cut free)
- saraut verb (to cut free)
Māori
2 entries- hāparapara verb (to cut free)
- momotu verb (to cut free)
Occitan
4 entries- copar verb (to cut free)
- desunir verb (legal: to disunite; to disconnect; to terminate)
- diferenciar verb (to make a separation or distinction)
- distinguir verb (to make a separation or distinction)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- یارمق verb (to cut free)
Polish
4 entries- odcinać verb (to cut free)
- odciąć verb (to cut free)
- odrąbać verb (to cut free)
- odrąbywać verb (to cut free)
Portuguese
1 entries- cortar verb (to cut free)
Russian
4 entries- отре́зать verb (to cut free)
- отреза́ть verb (to cut free)
- разорва́ть verb (to cut free)
- разрыва́ть verb (to cut free)
Spanish
4 entries- cercenar verb (to cut free)
- cortar verb (to cut free)
- cortar a cercén verb (to cut free)
- cortar cercen verb (to cut free)
Swedish
3 entries- hugga av verb (to cut free)
- kapa verb (to cut free)
- klippa av verb (to cut free)
Tamil
2 entries- அறு verb (to cut free)
- அறு verb (to be parted or separated)
Turkish
3 entries- ayırmak verb (to cut free)
- kesmek verb (to cut free)
- koparmak verb (to cut free)
ǃXóõ
1 entries- gǂqháa verb (to cut free)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
Fadil's blindness was caused by sever emotional stress.
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I think we should sever this relationship.
Source: tatoeba (9941584)
They both agreed to sever all ties.
Source: tatoeba (9943782)
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