SEVERING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does severing mean? 

• SEVERING (noun)
  The noun SEVERING has 1 sense:

1. the act of severing

  Familiarity information: SEVERING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEVERING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of severing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

severance; severing

Hypernyms ("severing" is a kind of...):

cut; cutting (the act of cutting something into parts)

Derivation:

sever (cut off from a whole)

 Context examples 

The researchers first used an automated process to examine whether the compounds prevented SENP2 from severing the connection between a tiny metal bead and an artificial SUMO protein created in the lab.

(Hibernating ground squirrels provide clues to new stroke treatments, National Institutes of Health)

It was like severing heart strings, when he was with Ruth, to stand up and go; and he scorched through the dark streets so as to get home to his books at the least possible expense of time.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)