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 sev·er /ˈsɛvɚ/
 (vt.)切斷,脫離,分開,使分離,斷絕,中斷(vi.)斷,裂開,被分開

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 Sev·er v. t. [imp. & p. p. Severed p. pr. & vb. n. Severing.]
 1. To separate, as one from another; to cut off from something; to divide; to part in any way, especially by violence, as by cutting, rending, etc.; as, to sever the head from the body.
    The angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just.   --Matt. xiii. 49.
 2. To cut or break open or apart; to divide into parts; to cut through; to disjoin; as, to sever the arm or leg.
    Our state can not be severed; we are one.   --Milton.
 3. To keep distinct or apart; to except; to exempt.
    I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there.   --Ex. viii. 22.
 4. Law To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate; as, to sever an estate in joint tenancy.

 Sev·er, v. i.
 1. To suffer disjunction; to be parted, or rent asunder; to be separated; to part; to separate.
 2. To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.
    The Lord shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt.   --Ex. ix. 4.
    They claimed the right of severing in their challenge.   --Macaulay.
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 sever
      v 1: set or keep apart; "sever a relationship" [syn: break up]
      2: cut off from a whole; "His head was severed from his body";
         "The soul discerped from the body" [syn: discerp, lop]