1. separating or dividing something by cutting or breaking apart
Usage: formal; literary

Examples

• The surgeon was carefully dissevering the damaged tissue from the healthy muscle.
• The earthquake was dissevering the mountain ridge along its fault line.
• She found herself dissevering ties with old friends after the move.
• The blade was dissevering the rope strand by strand.
• Time seemed to be dissevering him from his childhood memories.
• The storm was dissevering branches from the ancient oak tree.