Sever and Turn

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Sever verb - To set or force apart.

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

Nearby Words: severity, severance, severing

Turn verb - To move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis.

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Sever and turn are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Sever" instead a verb "Turn".

Nearby Words: turned, turning

thanks	sever thanks	turn thanks
control	sever control	turn control
parts	sever parts	turn parts
hand	sever hand	turn hand
Other words: world, head, arms, heads.

Notably Luke utilized this to turn Darth Vader back to the light and in one EU game this must be utilized to sever a Sith's connection to the force to actually be killed.

Source: Trash Talk
Happens to Shendu in the Jackie Chan Adventures episode: "Re-Enter the Dragon" when Uncle, Tohru, Captain Black and all of Section 13 used the same spell that Lo Pei originally used to turn Shendu back to stone and to sever him from his talisman power.

Source: Oh, No... Not Again!

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