What are some opposite words for sever?
Antonyms for sever
ˈsɛv ərsev·er
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
sever
To break is to divide sharply, with severance of particles, as by a blow or strain. To burst is to break by pressure from within, as a bombshell, but it is used also for the result of violent force otherwise exerted; as, to burst in a door, where the door yields as if to an explosion. To crush is to break by pressure from without, as an egg-shell. To crack is to break without complete severance of parts; a cracked cup or mirror may still hold together. Fracture has a somewhat similar sense. In a fractured limb, the ends of the broken bone may be separated, tho both portions are still retained within the common muscular tissue. A shattered object is broken suddenly and in numerous directions; as, a vase is shattered by a blow, a building by an earthquake. A shivered glass is broken into numerous minute, needle-like fragments. To smash is to break thoroughly to pieces with a crashing sound by some sudden act of violence; a watch once smashed will scarcely be worth repair. To split is to cause wood to crack or part in the way of the grain, and is applied to any other case where a natural tendency to separation is enforced by an external cause; as, to split a convention or a party. To demolish is to beat down, as a mound, building, fortress, etc.; to destroy is to put by any process beyond restoration physically, mentally, or morally; to destroy an army is so to shatter and scatter it that it can not be rallied or reassembled as a fighting force. Compare REND.
Antonyms:
attach, bind, fasten, join, mend, secure, solder, unite, weldSynonyms:
bankrupt, break, burst, cashier, crack, crush, demolish, destroy, fracture, rend, rive, rupture, shatter, shiver, smash, split, sunder, transgressPreposition:
Break to pieces, or in pieces, into several pieces (when the object is thought of as divided rather than shattered); break with a friend; from or away from a suppliant; break into a house; out of prison; break across one's knee; break through a hedge; break in upon one's retirement; break over the rules; break on or upon the shore, against the rocks.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
sever
Antonyms:
unite, conjoin, confound, confuse, amalgamate, associate, include, connectSynonyms:
separate, divide, disjoin, distinguish, part, discommunicate, sunder, disengage, detach, break, except, disconnect
Princeton's WordNet
sever, break upverb
set or keep apart
"sever a relationship"
Synonyms:
fragmentise, decompose, collapse, interrupt, crash, split up, pick, dismantle, break up, recess, part, crock up, cut off, fragment, split, disperse, separate, disrupt, discerp, dissolve, crack, fragmentize, break apart, calve, dissipate, scatter, break down, resolve, disassemble, take apart, dispel, adjourn, break, crack up, lopdiscerp, sever, lopverb
cut off from a whole
"His head was severed from his body"; "The soul discerped from the body"
Synonyms:
crop, snip, discerp, dismember, trim, cut back, prune, lop, break up, dress, clip, take apart
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What you want as a criminal defense attorney, especially when you're representing a defendant who is arguably less culpable, and Bryan was arguably less culpable, is to sever him or her from the other defendants, because it's arguably prejudicial to be tried with Travis McMichael, who pulled the trigger, or Gregory, who said, ‘I’m going to blow your f------ head off,'.
Breaking the Silence. if they really want to distance themselves [from the Duggar family] they sever all ties. They do what the WWE did, which was completely sever all ties from Hulk Hogan.
They're going to file their appeals, criminal defendants always do, but it was a pretty clean case in my book, what you want as a criminal defense attorney, especially when you're representing a defendant who is arguably less culpable, and Bryan was arguably less culpable, is to sever him or her from the other defendants, because it's arguably prejudicial to be tried with Travis McMichael, who pulled the trigger, or Gregory, who said, ‘I’m going to blow your f------ head off,'.
A banned coach has to sever relationships with those athletes. That's what's taking place, coaches and athletes have to make judgments all the time. If you are coached by somebody, you should be absolutely comfortable that you are working in an environment that's safe and secure and is not going to damage you own reputation. An athlete should ask those questions.
To be an effective care provider, physicians need to communicate with patients honestly and without the fear of generating hurt feelings that might sever a typical friendship.
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