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Definition of dissever in English: disseververb dɪ(s)ˈsɛvədəˈsɛvər [with object]rare Divide or sever (something) 〈罕〉分割;切断 a European tradition which had not been willing to dissever reason from the law of nature 一个不愿意将理性和自然法则分割的欧洲传统。 Example sentencesExamples - ‘America’ remains a malaprop incapable of dissevering its rhetorical trusses to colonial discourse.
- There were a lot of the fun things to be dissevered.
- Uncannily, Wakefield ‘had contrived, or rather he had happened, to dissever himself from the world - to vanish - to give up his place and privileges with living men, without being admitted among the dead’.
- It made sense to her, considering that most of her friends, besides Evie, were men and she didn't want to be dissevered from her closest acquaintances.
- The overall aim is sustainable pulsing - swarm networks must be able to coalesce rapidly and stealthily on a target, then dissever and redisperse, immediately ready to recombine for a new pulse.
Synonyms cut off, chop off, lop off, hack off, cleave, hew off, shear off, slice off, split
OriginMiddle English (in the sense 'separate'): from Old French dessevrer, from late Latin disseparare, from dis- (expressing intensive force) + Latin separare 'to separate'. Definition of dissever in US English: disseververbdəˈsevərdəˈsɛvər [with object]rare Divide or sever (something) 〈罕〉分割;切断 a European tradition which had not been willing to dissever reason from the law of nature 一个不愿意将理性和自然法则分割的欧洲传统。 Example sentencesExamples - The overall aim is sustainable pulsing - swarm networks must be able to coalesce rapidly and stealthily on a target, then dissever and redisperse, immediately ready to recombine for a new pulse.
- Uncannily, Wakefield ‘had contrived, or rather he had happened, to dissever himself from the world - to vanish - to give up his place and privileges with living men, without being admitted among the dead’.
- There were a lot of the fun things to be dissevered.
- It made sense to her, considering that most of her friends, besides Evie, were men and she didn't want to be dissevered from her closest acquaintances.
- ‘America’ remains a malaprop incapable of dissevering its rhetorical trusses to colonial discourse.
Synonyms cut off, chop off, lop off, hack off, cleave, hew off, shear off, slice off, split
OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘separate’): from Old French dessevrer, from late Latin disseparare, from dis- (expressing intensive force) + Latin separare ‘to separate’. |