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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

Seccionar

Pronunciation / Transliteration: se-ccion-ar

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Sever/ˈsɛv.ər/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O cirurgião teve que seccionar o tecido danificado."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To cut off or separate something from something else.

    "The surgeon had to sever the damaged tissue to save the patient's life."
  2. 2

    To break off a relationship or connection.

    "After years of friendship, they decided to sever ties."
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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old French seivrer, originating from the Late Latin separare, meaning to separate or divide. Over centuries, the term evolved in English to denote a decisive, abrupt cutting or breaking off, particularly concerning ties, connections, or relationships.

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