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sever connections

VERB
retire
Synonyms
STRONGEST
depart go pull out relinquish remove retreat separate surrender withdraw
STRONG
decamp ebb exit part recede regress repeal rescind resign revoke rusticate secede yield
WEAK
absent oneself deny oneself draw back fall back get away get off give ground give up work give way go away go to bed go to one's room go to sleep hand over hit the sack leave service make vacant pull back run along seclude oneself stop working take off turn in
Antonyms
STRONGEST
advance continue remain stay
STRONG
approve arrive come in increase join
WEAK
begin enter
VERB
superannuate
Synonyms
STRONG
decamp depart ebb exit go part pension recede regress relinquish remove repeal rescind resign retreat revoke rusticate secede separate surrender withdraw yield
WEAK
absent oneself deny oneself draw back fall back get away get off give ground give up work give way go away go to bed go to one's room go to sleep hand over hit the sack leave service make vacant pull back pull out put out to pasture run along seclude oneself stop working take off turn in
Antonyms
STRONG
advance allow approve arrive combine come come in enter forge increase join permit remain stay unite

Example Sentences

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The goal of an ember-resistant zone — also known as zone zero — is to sever connections between properties to reduce the risk of that kind of spread, multiple experts said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2025

There was a time when people with severe mental illness might be given an operation to sever connections in the brain.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2021

Recapturing the town could also sever connections between rebel-held areas in the north and south of Syria.

From Reuters • May 28, 2013

The nurse brought in the papers to terminate his treatment, seal off liability, sever connections between Julian and the clinic.

From The New Yorker • May 13, 2013

I do not like to sever connections with men who have been so long in my employ.

From The Nine-Tenths by Oppenheim, James