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What does sever mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word sever? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To cut free.
  2. (intransitive) To suffer disjunction; to be parted or separated.
  3. (intransitive) To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.
  4. (law) To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate.
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Did you regret lavishing such care on my education when I used it to sever all dependency as soon as I could?
But now, it seems, she is ready to sever her material links with her home town.
Apparently he had cut them rather deeply in several places, but not enough to sever anything vital.
War would not only sever these supplies, but would also provoke a big influx of refugees.
His decision to sever his links with the business will cause shock waves in financial circles.
Troops were then landed on April 25, the aim being to bisect the peninsula and sever the head of the Turkish resistance.

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