severing

Speech parts

1. severing - Noun

2. severing - Verb

Meaning

of Sever

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The severing of an established connection is exponentially more painful than the rejection of an attempted connection. David Foster Wallace

Short-sighted and impatient efforts to wipe out poverty by severing the connection between effort and reward can only lead to the growth of a totalitarian state, and destroy the economic progress that this country has so dearly bought. Henry Hazlitt

According to Islamic tradition, the prescribed punishment ranged from imprisonment to the severing of limbs and the death penalty depending on the severity of the crime. Source: Internet

Acting on the Prince's authority, the Whig leader Charles James Fox declared that the story was a calumny. citation Fitzherbert was not pleased with the public denial of the marriage in such vehement terms and contemplated severing her ties to the Prince. Source: Internet

After Kesten’ga was secured, the Finns would then seize the towns of Loukhi and Kem, severing the Murmansk rail line in two more areas to make it even more difficult for any Soviet relief effort. Source: Internet

After a long and ferocious lightsaber duel, Obi-Wan defeats Vader by severing his legs and left arm; he then takes his former friend's lightsaber and returns to Padmé's ship, leaving Vader to die beside a molten lava river. Source: Internet

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