(severs, severing, severed)
1.
To sever something means to cut completely through it or to cut it completely off. (FORMAL)
Richardson severed his right foot in a motorbike accident.
...oil still gushing from a severed fuel line.
VERB: V n, V-ed
2.
If you sever a relationship or connection that you have with someone, you end it suddenly and completely. (FORMAL)
She severed her ties with England...
VERB: V n