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sever [Brit ˈsɛvə, Am ˈsɛvər] VB trans

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1. sever lit:

sever wire, limb, head, nerve, artery

sever rope, branch

to sever sth from

2. sever (break off) fig:

sever link, relations

sever contact, communications

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to strengthen/sever ties with

resserrer/rompre les liens avec

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sectionner membre, artère

to sever

trancher tête, membre

to cut [sth] off, to sever

trancher un doigt à qn

to cut sb's finger off, to sever sb's finger

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sever [ˈsev·ər] VB trans

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1. sever (cut) a. fig:

to sever sth from sth

sectionner qc de qc

2. sever (put an end):

sever a. fig

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to sever links with sb

rompre toute relation avec qn

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sectionner artère, fil

to sever

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Unlike gelsolin and severin this protein does not sever actin filaments. en.wikipedia.org

Peoples tendons in the back of their necks were severed with sabers, so that a person could no longer hold their head up. en.wikipedia.org

He has since severed formal ties with the club. en.wikipedia.org

This space embodied the countryside's sacred aspects, as a space by which urbanity (city) is severed from the world of nature. en.wikipedia.org

If the crop or other item over which there is a common right is severed from the land, then the common right becomes extinguished. en.wikipedia.org

The adjacent cemetery contains sever hundred burials dating from about 1814 to the present. en.wikipedia.org

For example, if the somatic nerves to a skeletal muscle are severed, then the muscle will exhibit flaccid paralysis. en.wikipedia.org

The protein is known to sever actin filaments by creating more positive ends on filament fragments. en.wikipedia.org

A partial severing or even bruising of the spinal cord results in varying degrees of mixed function and paralysis. en.wikipedia.org

It can promote nucleation (the assembly of monomers into filaments), as well as sever existing filaments. en.wikipedia.org

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