comparative form of severe: more severe

present participle of sever

The act by which something is severed.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sever

The state of being severe. / The degree of something undesirable; badness or seriousness.

In a severe manner.

Very bad or intense. / Strict or harsh. / Sober, plain in appearance, austere.

(transitive) To cut free. / (intransitive) To suffer disjunction; to be parted or separated. / (intransitive) To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.

The act of severing or the state of being severed. / A separation. / A severance payment.

Separated, cut off or broken apart.