dissever
/dis'sevə/
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Definition
- Verb:
- To separate or divide into parts; to sever: To cause something that was whole or united to become distinct, separate pieces or sections.
- To break apart or disunite: To end the connection or unity between things or people.
Usage
The verb "dissever" is a formal and somewhat literary term. It is typically used in contexts involving the physical or metaphorical division of something considered a whole or a unit. It often implies a decisive or forceful separation.
Examples
- Verb:
- The civil war threatened to dissever the nation into rival factions.
- A deep ideological chasm began to dissever the two political allies.
- The surgeon had to carefully dissever the fused tissues.
Advanced Usage
- "to dissever something from something": To completely separate one thing from another, often something it was once integrally connected to.
- He sought to dissever his professional reputation from the scandal.
- The treaty dissevered the province from the control of the empire.
Variants and Related Words
- Disseverance (n): The act or result of dissevering; separation.
- The disseverance of church and state was a long process.
- Disseverment (n): A less common synonym for disseverance.
Synonyms
- Sever: To cut off or apart, especially with a sharp instrument.
- Divide: To separate into parts, groups, or sections.
- Split: To break or cause to break forcibly into parts.
- Sunder: (Literary) To split apart.
Antonyms
- Unite: To come or bring together for a common purpose or action.
- Join: To connect or fasten things together.
- Fuse: To join or blend to form a single entity.
Related Phrases/Idioms
Note: "Dissever" itself is not commonly used in modern idioms. However, its synonyms are. - Sever ties/connections: To end a relationship or association completely. - The company severed ties with the controversial supplier.
Verb
- separate into parts or portions
- divide the cake into three equal parts
- The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I