Attach and Sever

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Attach

Attach verb - To cause (something) to hold to another.
Usage example: you can attach the buttons to the puppet with fabric glue
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Sever is an antonym for attach in topics: attribute, join, socially join.
Nearby Words: attached, attachment, attaching, attachable, attache

Sever

Sever verb - To set or force apart.
Usage example: disapproving parents who were willing to do anything to sever the young lovers
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Attach is an antonym for sever in topics: cut, cut apart.
Nearby Words: severity, severance, severing
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Common collocations

soul attach soul sever soul
arm attach arm sever arm
parts attach parts sever parts
hand attach hand sever hand
Other words: thread, head, wire, arms, legs, wings.
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