Connect
Connect verb - To put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole.
Usage example: connect all the sets of lights and attach them to the branches of the Christmas tree
Sever
Sever verb - To set or force apart.
Usage example: disapproving parents who were willing to do anything to sever the young lovers
Common collocations
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Sever and Connect. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/connect/sever
Connect & Sever. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/connect/sever>.
Sever or Connect. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/connect/sever.
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