dissever
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Mistress Hutchinson thus helped to dissever Church and State, and to found religious freedom in the United States.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
Just before this attack, Hooker had decided to interpose more force between the wings of the rebel army, in order to permanently dissever Jackson from the main body.
From Chancellorsville and Gettysburg Campaigns of the Civil War - VI by Doubleday, Abner
He then corded it so firmly that it would require both industry and patience to dissever the several knots and twistings.
From The Buccaneer A Tale by Hall, S. C., Mrs.
Of course there would be marriage, but of deliberate choice, and after a long and purely platonic friendship, in which all the horrid little failings that do most to dissever could be recognized and weighed.
From Ancestors A Novel by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
Its reign is almost over; its powers to dissever and destroy are now being rapidly eliminated from a Constitution whose basic meaning is justice, equality, and love.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 by Various
Vocabulary lists containing dissever
Selection Vocabulary 1, Unit 2
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Selection Vocabulary 4, Unit 1
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