Sever
Crossword Clue & Answers

29 November 2021
Last seen in: Evening Standard Quick Crossword

We found 21 answers for the crossword clue 'Sever', the most recent of which was seen in the Evening Standard Quick Crossword.

This clue looks to be a standard clue as in it's a NON-CRYPTIC crossword based on the publications in which we have recently seen it.

We have given Sever a popularity rating of 'Very Common' because it has featured in a numerous crossword publications and has multiple answers.

As well as being a clue we've also seen Sever as an answer itself some 138 times.

Sever is a single word clue made up of 5 letters.

We most recently saw this clue in 'Evening Standard Quick Crossword' on Tuesday, 30 November 2021 with the answer being CUT, we also found CUT to be the most popular answer for this clue.

We've seen this clue in the following publications:

• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 30 Nov 2021
• Irish Independent - Simple - 10 Nov 2021
• The Mirror Classic - 17 Jun 2021
• Evening Standard Easy Crossword - 31 Mar 2021
• The Daily Mail Quick - 27 Mar 2021
• USA Today - 11 Mar 2021
• Irish Independent - Simple - 28 Jan 2021
• The Mirror Classic - 18 Jan 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 24 Nov 2020
• Irish Independent - Simple - 10 Oct 2020

Definitions and usage

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• Set or keep apart; "sever a relationship"
• Cut off from a whole; "His head was severed from his body"; "The soul discerped from the body"

Anagrams

We found 2 anagrams for the word 'Sever'.

• serve (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play; "his powerful serves won the game"
• verse A piece of poetry

Crossword Answers

3 Letters

AXE
Chop or split with an ax; "axe wood"

CUT
With parts removed; "the drastically cut film"

LOP
Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"

4 Letters

SNIP
The act of clipping or snipping

5 Letters

SPLIT
The act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip"

VERSE
A piece of poetry

6 Letters

BISECT
Cut in half or cut in two; "bisect a line"

CLEAVE
Come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"

CUTOFF
A device that terminates the flow in a pipe

DETACH
Cause to become detached or separated; take off; "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it"

DIVIDE
A ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems

7 Letters

ABSCIND

BREAKUP
Laugh unrestrainedly

DISCERP
Divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up"; "The Empire was discerped after the war"

8 Letters

AMPUTATE
Remove surgically; "amputate limbs"

BREAKOFF
Break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped"

DISSOLVE
(film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out

DISUNITE
Force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"

SEPARATE
A garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments

9 Letters

PARTITION
A vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)

10 Letters

DISCONNECT
An unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding); "he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends"; "there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy"