sever (v.)
- abandon
- amputate
- analyze
- anatomize
- atomize
- ax
- bisect
- bob
- butcher
- carve
- cease
- change
- chop
- cleave
- contradistinguish
- cut
- demarcate
- demark
- detach
- dichotomize
- differentiate
- discern
- disconnect
- discontinue
- discriminate
- disjoin
- disjoint
- dissect
- dissever
- dissolve
- distinguish
- disunite
- diversify
- divide
- divorce
- dock
- end
- excise
- extricate
- fissure
- gash
- hack
- halve
- hew
- incise
- individualize
- individuate
- lance
- mark
- modify
- pare
- part
- particularize
- personalize
- prune
- rend
- rive
- saw
- scissor
- screen
- segregate
- select
- separate
- severalize
- sieve
- sift
- slash
- slice
- slit
- snip
- sort
- specialize
- split
- stop
- subdivide
- subtilize
- sunder
- suspend
- tear
- terminate
- vary
- whittle
- winnow