dissever

An archaic verb meaning to separate, divide, or part something into pieces; to sever or disunite.

• 🇩🇪Veralteter verbaler Ausdruck mit der Bedeutung, etwas zu trennen, zu teilen oder auseinanderzureißen; abzutrennen oder zu entzweien.

1. Separate or divide C2 formal british

   To separate or divide something into parts, often violently or completely.

   • The sword dissevered the knight's shield in two.
   • The argument dissevered the family for years.
   • The storm dissevered the ship from its anchor.

   🇩🇪Trennen

   Synonyme: cleavedisunitedividepartrendruptureseparateseversplitsunder

   Antonyme: attachbindcombineconnectjoinlinkmergeunite

• dissevered past participle
• dissevered past simple
• dissevering present participle
• dissevers third person singular