noun

severing

SEH-vuh-rihng

noun

The act of cutting something off or apart.

"The severing of the rope sent the climber sliding down the slope."

"Their divorce meant the severing of nearly twenty years of shared finances."

How to Use Severing

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishThe action of cutting something apart or ending a connection.

severings plural

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The _____ of the rope sent the climber sliding down the slope.

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