dissever

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To separate (two or more things); to split apart (something).
2. verb To divide (something) into separate parts.

   If the bridge is destroyed, the shores are dissevered.

Similar words

split up separate split divide carve up discerp dissunder disunite dispart part

Often followed by

the my from it them himself and itself this

Word family

disseverance disseverances dissevered dissevering disseverment disseverments dissevers