- present participle of sever.
severing
Example Sentences
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A shipping disaster in 2021 shows how blocking the strait — and thus severing a link to the Mediterranean Sea — could harm global commerce.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
Shopping centres close and above-ground metro stations suspend operations, often severing public transport links between Kyiv's Left and Right Banks, on either side of the Dnieper River, for hours at a time.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
The country brings in a lot of rice from India through the United Arab Emirates, which last week said it was severing trade ties with Iran.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
“If you say that, you risk severing your relationship with your parent.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
Ignatius kicked the little door closed, as if he were playing to wan in a professional football game, neatly severing a protruding hot dog into two six-inch sections.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
