Crush and Sever

Crush

Crush verb - To cause to become a pulpy mass.

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Sever and crush are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sever" instead a verb "Crush".

Nearby Words: crushed, crushing, crusher

Sever verb - To set or force apart.

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Crush and sever are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Crush" instead a verb "Sever".

Nearby Words: severity, severance, severing

soul	crush soul	sever soul
hand	crush hand	sever hand
spine	crush spine	sever spine
way	crush way	sever way
Other words: world, head, organs, neck, legs, windpipe, heads.

Parrots primarily use their beaks to crush nuts and other hard objects, and prefer to fly away rather than fight predators, but the larger species if cornered can bite down with enough force to easily crush or sever a finger.

Source: Beak Attack
A blow to the neck can either sever a major vein or artery, or just crush your larynx.

Source: Whip It Good
Batman thinking: I could crush his windpipe and sever all oxygen from his brain.

Source: Diagnosis from Dr. Badass

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