Severing — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the act of severing

set or keep apart

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/sˈɛvɚɹɪŋ/

🇬🇧British English

/sˈɛvəɹɪŋ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sˈɛvəɹɪŋ/

3 syllables Say it as /sˈɛvɚɹɪŋ/.

Examples

sever a relationship
His head was severed from his body
The soul discerped from the body

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

break up discerp severance sever lop

Parts of Speech

noun	the act of severing
verb	set or keep apart “sever a relationship”
verb	cut off from a whole “His head was severed from his body”

Word Forms

sever	verb	cut off from a whole
severance	noun	a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
severing	noun	the act of severing
lopper	noun	a long-handled pruning saw with a curved blade at the end and sometimes a clipper; used to prune small trees

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

durchtrennen

der Akt des Abtrennens

🇫🇷French

couper

l'acte de rompre

🇪🇸Spanish

cortando

el acto de cortar

🇮🇹Italian

recidere

l'atto di recidere

🇳🇱Dutch

afsnijden

de handeling van het afsnijden

🇵🇹Portuguese

cortar

o ato de cortar

🇷🇺Russian

разрывая

акт разрыва

India

🇮🇳Hindi

विच्छेदन

अलग करने की क्रिया

🇧🇩Bengali

বিচ্ছেদ

বিচ্ছেদের কাজ

🇮🇳Tamil

துண்டிக்கிறது

துண்டிக்கும் செயல்

🇮🇳Telugu

తెగటం

విడదీసే చర్య

🇮🇳Marathi

विच्छेदन

तोडण्याची क्रिया

🇮🇳Gujarati

વિચ્છેદ

વિચ્છેદ કરવાની ક્રિયા

🇮🇳Kannada

ತುಂಡರಿಸುವುದು

ಕತ್ತರಿಸುವ ಕ್ರಿಯೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വിച്ഛേദിക്കുന്നു

വിച്ഛേദിക്കുന്ന പ്രവൃത്തി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਵੱਖ ਕਰਨਾ

ਵੱਖ ਕਰਨ ਦੀ ਕਿਰਿਆ

🇵🇰Urdu

الگ کرنا

الگ کرنے کا عمل

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

切断

切断的行为

🇯🇵Japanese

切断する

切断する行為

🇰🇷Korean

절단

절단하는 행위

🇻🇳Vietnamese

cắt đứt

hành động cắt đứt

🇹🇭Thai

การตัด

การกระทำของการตัด

🇮🇩Indonesian

memutuskan

tindakan memutuskan

🇵🇭Filipino

paghihiwalay

ang pagkilos ng paghihiwalay

🇲🇾Malay

memutuskan

perbuatan memutuskan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

قطع

فعل القطع

🇮🇷Persian

قطع کردن

عمل قطع کردن

🇹🇷Turkish

koparma

ayırma eylemi

🇮🇱Hebrew

ניתוק

פעולת הניתוק

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The primary meaning of 'severing' is 'the act of severing'.

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