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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
cleft, cloven, cracked, cut, in pieces, in shreds, lacerate, lacerated, mangled, mutilated, quartered, ragged, rent, riven, shredded, slit, splintered, split, tattered, torn
Dictionary Results for severed:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
severed
    adj 1: detached by cutting; "cut flowers"; "a severed head"; "an
           old tale of Anne Bolyn walking the castle walls with her
           poor cut-off head under her arm" [syn: severed, cut
           off]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Sever \Sev"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Severed; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Severing.] [OF. sevrer, severer, to separate, F. sevrer to
   wean, fr. L. separare. See Separate, and cf. Several.]
   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.
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            The angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked
            from among the just.                  --Matt. xiii.
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   2. To cut or break open or apart; to divide into parts; to
      cut through; to disjoin; as, to sever the arm or leg.
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            Our state can not be severed; we are one. --Milton.
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   3. To keep distinct or apart; to except; to exempt.
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            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.
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   4. (Law) To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate; as, to
      sever an estate in joint tenancy. --Blackstone.
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