dissever

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

• 🇫🇷Verbe vieilli ou littéraire signifiant séparer, diviser ou détacher quelque chose en parties; couper ou disjoindre.

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.

   🇫🇷Séparer ou diviser

   Synonymes: cleavedisunitedividepartrendruptureseparateseversplitsunder

   Antonymes: attachbindcombineconnectjoinlinkmergeunite

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