Meaning & use
dissever
To separate or divide something completely, often permanently.
See it in a sentence
The treaty dissevered the province from the empire it had belonged to for centuries.
Grief can dissever even the closest of friendships over time.
A note on using this word
Dissever is a formal, literary word; everyday English almost always uses sever or separate instead.
Words with a similar meaning
severseparate
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Words with an opposite meaning
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