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[ noun ] the act of severing

Synonyms

severance

Used in print

(Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)

Nothing in_all the preceding years had had the power to bring me closer to a knowledge of profound sorrow than the breakup of camp , the packing away of my camp uniforms , the severing of ties with the six or ten people I had grown most to love in the world .

Related terms

cut sever

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