dissever

You attempt to live your life on one side only, to dissever that which was made for unity, and calamity comes to crush you.

From Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles by W. R. Washington Sullivan

But all her childish reasoning could not dissever the two.

From Olive A Novel by G. Bowers

Friends of my youth I shall love you for ever— Closer and firmer ye twine round my heart; Though now the wide sea our lot may dissever, Affection and friendship can never depart.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Charles Rogers

"I would prefer to dissever all connection with the Bridge at the same time; but am willing to remain at the office until you find a suitable person for the post."

From The Making of a Soul by Kathlyn Rhodes

Yet it is grievous to think, that in some instances a difference, which extended no further than to the outward polity of the Church, could dissever and almost alienate those whom grace had made one.

From London in Modern Times or, Sketches of the English Metropolis during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. by Unknown