| Main Entry: | sever |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut apart |
Synonyms: |
bisect, carve, cleave, cut, cut in two, detach, disconnect, disjoin, dissect, dissever, dissociate, disunite, divide, part, rend, rive, separate, slice, split, sunder |
Antonyms: |
combine, join, unite |
| Main Entry: | sever |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dissociate |
Synonyms: |
abandon, break off, disjoint, dissolve, divide, divorce, put an end to, separate, terminate |
Antonyms: |
associate, unite |
| Main Entry: | amputate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove a limb |
Synonyms: |
cut away, cut off, dismember, eliminate, excise, lop, separate, sever, truncate |
| Main Entry: | bite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grip or tear with teeth |
Synonyms: |
champ, chaw, chaw on, chew, chomp, clamp, crunch, crush, cut, eat, gnaw, hold, lacerate, masticate, munch, nibble, nip, pierce, pinch, rend, ruminate, seize, sever, snap, take a chunk out of, taste, tooth, wound |
| Main Entry: | break |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy; make whole into pieces |
Synonyms: |
annihilate, batter, burst, bust, bust up, crack, crash, crush, damage, demolish, disintegrate, divide, eradicate, finish off, fracture, fragment, make hash of, make mincemeat of, part, pull to pieces, rend, separate, sever, shatter, shiver, smash, snap, splinter, split, tear, torpedo, total, trash* |
| Notes: | to brake is to slow or stop while break is to cause to separate into pieces suddenly or violently, smash or crack |
Antonyms: |
attach, fasten, fix, join, mend, put together, secure |
| Main Entry: | break off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | snap off something |
Synonyms: |
detach, disassemble, divide, part, pull off, separate, sever, splinter, take apart |
Antonyms: |
combine, join, mend |
| Main Entry: | break up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | end relationship, activity |
Synonyms: |
adjourn, disassemble, disband, dismantle, disperse, disrupt, dissolve, divide, divorce, end, halt, part, put an end to, scatter, separate, sever, split, stop, sunder, suspend, take apart, terminate |
Antonyms: |
reconcile |
| Main Entry: | chop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut up with tool |
Synonyms: |
axe, cleave, clip, cube, dice, divide, fell, fragment, hack, hackle, hash, hew, lop, mangle, mince, sever, shear, slash, truncate, whack |
| Main Entry: | cleave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | divide, split |
Synonyms: |
carve, chop, crack, cut, dissect, dissever, disunite, divorce, hack, hew, open, part, pierce, rend, rip, rive, separate, sever, slice, stab, sunder, tear asunder, whack |
Antonyms: |
join, meld, unite |
| Main Entry: | crack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break, usually into parts |
Synonyms: |
burst, chip, chop, cleave, crackle, crash, damage, detonate, explode, fracture, hurt, impair, injure, pop, ring, rive, sever, shiver, snap, splinter, split |
Antonyms: |
fix, mend |