1. separated or divided, especially by cutting or breaking apart
Usage: formal; literary

Examples

• The dissevered cable left the entire building without internet.
• After the earthquake, the dissevered bridge could no longer connect the two towns.
• The surgeon carefully examined the dissevered nerve tissue.
• The dissevered branches lay scattered across the yard after the storm.
• The treaty left the once-unified territory dissevered into separate regions.