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SEVERED

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Dictionary entry overview: What does severed mean?

• SEVERED (adjective)
The adjective SEVERED has 1 sense:

1. detached by cutting

Familiarity information: SEVERED used as an adjective is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SEVERED (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Detached by cutting

Synonyms:

cut off; severed

Context examples:

cut flowers / a severed head / an old tale of Anne Bolyn walking the castle walls with her poor cut-off head under her arm

Similar:

cut (separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument)

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