sever

About 1.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To cut free.

   After he graduated, he severed all links to his family.

2. verb To suffer disjunction; to be parted or separated.
3. verb To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.
4. verb To disconnect; to disunite; to terminate.

Similar words

break up lop detach decouple disband unbundling remove dissolve disconnect separation

Often followed by

the all his their its it a them relations

Word family

severed severing severs