Severed
Severed adjective - Detached by cutting.
Touching
Touching adjective - Having a border in common.
Usage example: touching lots in the housing development will eventually be separated by hedges for privacy
Both words in one sentence
- Despite that they were caused by respectively: The Daleks breaching the dimensional walls, The Master becoming Prime Minister after stealing his TARDIS, and Donna herself touching the Doctor's severed hand during the Dalek Earth invasion of 2009.
Source: Guilt Complex -
Later in the film, a shopkeeper is seen using a small brush to apply paint to the area of his own shoulder where the arm was severed, implying that he's re-attached the lost limb and is touching up the seam to conceal any sign that his unhealing, dead flesh was damaged.
Source: Pulling Themselves Together
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