dissever
verb
dis·sev·er di-ˈse-vər 
dissevered; dissevering; dissevers
transitive verb
: sever, separate
intransitive verb
: to come apart : disunite
disseverance
di-ˈse-v(ə-)rən(t)s
noun disseverment
di-ˈse-vər-mənt
noun 
Synonyms
- break up
- decouple
- disassociate
- disconnect
- disjoin
- disjoint
- dissociate
- disunite
- divide
- divorce
- part
- ramify
- resolve
- separate
- sever
- split
- sunder
- uncouple
- unlink
- unyoke
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Example Sentences
placed the dissevered pieces of chicken in the roasting pan
Recent Examples on the Web Inside the fishery, a half dozen cutters in white rubber boots and thick gloves wielded long fillet knives, quickly dissevering tubs of yellowtail. 
Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2020
Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2020 Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French deseivr-, stem of desevrer, from Late Latin disseparare, from Latin dis- + separare to separate
First Known Use
13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense
dissevered 1 of 2
adjective
as in sundered
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- sundered
- disjoined
- disunited
- severed
- divided
- parted
- dissociated
- split
- ramified
- divorced
- resolved
- broken up
- uncoupled
- unyoked
- discontinuous
- noncontinuous
- apart
- removed
- unconnected
- away
- faraway
- farthest
- distant
- far
- detached
- isolated
- disconnected
- unlinked
- unattached
- discrete
- far-off
- isolate
- separate
- noncontiguous
- nonadjacent
- free-standing
- single
- remote
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- adjacent
- contiguous
- adjoining
- joining
- conterminous
- neighboring
- abutting
- juxtaposed
- touching
- nearest
- fringing
- closest
- near
- flush
- close
- nearby
- immediate
- flanking
- united
- approximate
- verging
- joined
- nigh
- connected
- attached
- bordering
- linked
- skirting
- connecting
- communicating
- next-door
- interconnecting
dissevered
2 of 2verb
as in separated
to set or force apart placed the dissevered pieces of chicken in the roasting pan Synonyms & Similar Words
- separated
- divided
- split
- disconnected
- severed
- sundered
- disjoined
- disunited
- divorced
- dissociated
- parted
- resolved
- ramified
- isolated
- disjointed
- disassociated
- detached
- unyoked
- unlinked
- decomposed
- uncoupled
- decoupled
- pulled
- dissected
- broke up
- cleaved
- dissolved
- fragmented
- subdivided
- disintegrated
- cleft
- partitioned
- fractured
- trisected
- bisected
- bifurcated
- rifted
- ripped
- quartered
- fractionated
- segmented
- tore
- disassembled
- broke down
- ruptured
- rived
- fractionalized
- halved
- fragmentated
- fragmentized
- segregated
- dichotomized
- untied
- unraveled
- broke
- cut off
- rended
- disentangled
- rent
- secluded
- disengaged
- insulated
- sequestered
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- united
- joined
- linked
- unified
- combined
- associated
- mingled
- mixed
- connected
- assembled
- blended
- blent
- coupled
- attached
- bound
- fastened
- welded
- closed
- fused
- accumulated
- stuck
- cemented
- agglutinated
- knit
- knitted
- no easy/simple matter
- no end
- no end in sight
- no exception
- no fair
- no fear
- no fewer than
- no fixed abode
- no flies on
- no future
- no gain without pain
- no go
- no good
- no great shakes
- no hard feelings
- no harm done
- no help for it
- no ifs and buts
- no ifs, ands, or buts
- no inconsiderable
- no joke
- no joking matter
- no kidding
- no lack of
- no later than