Individual
Individual adjective - Of, relating to, or belonging to a single person.
Severed and individual are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Severed" instead an adjective "Individual".
Severed
Severed adjective - Detached by cutting.
Individual and severed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Individual" instead an adjective "Severed".
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- Each of an octopus's eight arms carries its own individual brain, capable of controlling the arm even after it's been severed.
Source: Organ Autonomy -
Specific body parts can be severed and subsequently reanimated (individual fingers, feathers, hair, liver, teeth, etc.), and the tiny targets can be literally impossible to hit.
Source: Rasputinian Death -
Therefore, a sudden loss of pressure inside the braking system or an individual carriage getting severed from the rest of the train will cause the brakes to automatically grind everything to a halt.
Source: Runaway Train
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