Begin and Sever

Begin

Begin verb - To take the first step in (a process or course of action).

Sever is an antonym for begin.

Nearby Word: beginning

Sever

Sever verb - To set or force apart.

Begin is an antonym for sever in dissociate topic.

Nearby Words: severity, severance, severing

Common collocations

relationship begin relationship sever relationship
control begin control sever control
way begin way sever way

Both words in one sentence

  • Manga / The World God Only Knows After it's revealed that Chihiro doesn't remember her conquest, Keima tries to sever ties with her to begin with Ayumi.
  • Clemael, more normally known as Clem, wants to reassemble his hand, which he'd been forced to sever in order to escape a human magician.The bones of the Hand have been hidden or discarded all over England, and Helen and Clem begin gathering them up.
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