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Noun
S:
(n)
severance
,
severing
(the act of severing)
Verb
S:
(v)
sever
,
break up
(set or keep apart)
"sever a relationship"
S:
(v)
discerp
,
sever
,
lop
(cut off from a whole)
"His head was severed from his body"; "The soul discerped from the body"