See sever on Wiktionary
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"form": "sever",
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"text": "The man's arm was accidentally severed by a saw while he was working at the building."
},
{
"text": "More than five decades after the U.S. and Cuba severed ties, the relationship may be on the mend."
}
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"If you sever something, you cut through or separate it completely."
],
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