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| Main Entry: | sever |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut apart |
| Synonyms: | bisect, carve, cleave, cut, detach, disconnect, disjoin, dissect, dissociate, disunite, divide, part, rend, separate, slice, split, sunder, cut in two, dissever, rive |
| Antonyms: | combine, join, unite |
| Main Entry: | sever |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dissociate |
| Synonyms: | abandon, break off, disjoint, dissolve, divide, divorce, separate, terminate, put an end to |
| Antonyms: | associate, unite |
| Main Entry: | amputate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove a limb |
| Synonyms: | cut off, dismember, eliminate, excise, lop, separate, sever, truncate, cut away |
| Main Entry: | bite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grip or tear with teeth |
| Synonyms: | chew, chomp, clamp, crunch, crush, cut, eat, gnaw, hold, lacerate, masticate, munch, nibble, nip, pierce, pinch, rend, ruminate, seize, sever, snap, taste, tooth, wound, champ, chaw, chaw on, take a chunk out of |
| Main Entry: | break |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy; make whole into pieces |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, batter, burst, bust, crack, crash, crush, damage, demolish, disintegrate, divide, eradicate, fracture, fragment, part, rend, separate, sever, shatter, shiver, smash, snap, splinter, split, tear, total, trash*, bust up, finish off, make hash of, make mincemeat of, pull to pieces, torpedo |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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, scatter, separate, sever, split, stop, sunder, suspend, terminate, put an end to, take apart |
| Antonyms: | reconcile |
| Main Entry: | chop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut up with tool |
| Synonyms: | cleave, clip, cube, dice, divide, fell, fragment, hack, hash, hew, lop, mangle, mince, sever, shear, slash, truncate, whack, axe, hackle |
| Main Entry: | cleave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | divide, split |
| Synonyms: | carve, chop, crack, cut, dissect, disunite, divorce, hack, hew, open, part, pierce, rend, rip, separate, sever, slice, stab, sunder, whack, dissever, rive, tear asunder |
| 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, sever, shiver, snap, splinter, split, rive |
| Antonyms: | fix, mend |
| Main Entry: | cut out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | excise, remove |
| Synonyms: | carve, cease, delete, displace, eliminate, exclude, extirpate, extract, oust, pull out, sever, stop, supersede, supplant, usurp, exsect, give up, refrain from |
| Antonyms: | add, include |
| Main Entry: | detach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disconnect, cut off |
| Synonyms: | abstract, disassemble, disassociate, disengage, disentangle, disjoin, dismount, dissociate, disunite, divide, divorce, free, isolate, loose, loosen, part, remove, segregate, separate, sever, sunder, unfasten, unhitch, withdraw, disaffiliate, take apart, tear off, uncouple, unfix |
| Antonyms: | attach, combine, connect, couple, link, merge, unite |
| Main Entry: | differentiate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a distinction |
| Synonyms: | antithesize, characterize, comprehend, contrast, demarcate, discern, discrepate, discriminate, extricate, individualize, individuate, know, know what's what, mark, mark off, redline, separate, set apart, set off, sever, severalize, split hairs*, tell apart, understand |
| Antonyms: | associate, confuse, connect, group, link, mix up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disconnect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take apart; uncouple |
| Synonyms: | abstract, cut off, detach, disassociate, disengage, disjoin, dissociate, disunite, divide, part, separate, sever, sideline, break it off, break it up, dissever, drop it, unfix |
| Antonyms: | attach, connect, couple, hitch, hook, join, link, plug |
| Main Entry: | discriminate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | differentiate, distinguish |
| Synonyms: | assess, collate, compare, contradistinguish, contrast, difference, discern, discrepate, evaluate, extricate, judge, know, know what's what, make out*, note, perceive, remark, segregate, separate, sever, severalize, sift, specify, split hairs*, tell apart, tell the difference |
| Antonyms: | confuse, mix up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disentangle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | unwind, disconnect; solve |
| Synonyms: | clear up, detach, disencumber, disengage, emancipate, expand, extricate, free, let off, loose, open, part, resolve, separate, sever, simplify, sunder, undo, unfold, unravel, untangle, untie, work out, bail one out, discumber, disembroil, disinvolve, let go, sort out, unbraid, unscramble, unsnarl, untwine, untwist |
| Antonyms: | entangle, entwine, twist, wind |
| Main Entry: | disintegrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall apart; reduce to pieces |
| Synonyms: | atomize, break up, crumble, decay, decline, decompose, degenerate, descend, detach, disband, disconnect, dismantle, disorganize, disperse, disunite, divide, molder, pulverize, putrefy, rot, separate, sever, shatter, sink, splinter, spoil, taint, turn, wither, worsen, break apart, break down, come apart, deliquesce, dilapidate, disimprove, fade away, fall to pieces, take apart, turn to dust, wash away, wash out |
| Antonyms: | combine, meld, unite |
| Main Entry: | dismember |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut into pieces |
| Synonyms: | amputate, cripple, disassemble, disjoint, dislocate, dismantle, dismount, dissect, divide, maim, mutilate, part, rend, sever, sunder, take down, anatomize, dislimb |
| Antonyms: | join |
| Main Entry: | dissect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut up; take apart |
| Synonyms: | break up, cut, disjoin, disjoint, dismember, divide, operate, part, quarter, section, sever, slice, sunder, anatomize, dichotomize, dislimb, dissever, exscind, exsect, lay open, prosect |
| Antonyms: | connect, join, mend, sew |
| Main Entry: | dissolve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | annul, discontinue |
| Synonyms: | abrogate, adjourn, annihilate, break up, cancel, collapse, decimate, demolish, destroy, discharge, dismiss, disorganize, disunite, divorce, do away with, end, eradicate, invalidate, loose, overthrow, postpone, quash, repeal, ruin, separate, sever, shatter, shoot, suspend, terminate, vacate, void, wind up, wrack, wreck, destruct, put an end to, render void, resolve into, unmake |
| Antonyms: | continue, marry, resolve |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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