sever

To cut off (a part) from a whole.

To divide into parts; break or interrupt.

To break up (a relationship, for example); dissolve. synonym: separate.

To separate; part; put or keep distinct or apart.

To part, sunder, or divide; separate into two or more parts: as, to sever the body or the arm at a single stroke.

To separate from the rest: said of a part with reference to the whole or main body of anything: as, to sever the head from the body.

To separate; disjoin; referring to things that are distinct but united by some tie.

To distinguish; discriminate; know apart.

In law, to disunite; disconnect; part possession of.

To separate; part; go asunder: move apart.