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serve : assist, help, aid, succur//literary help that is given to someone who is having problems, contribute
sever / / verb formal

1 [intransitive, transitive] to cut through something, separating it into two parts, or to become severed in this way: Martin's hand was severed in the accident. | a severed rope

2 to end a relationship with someone, or a connection with something: severing family ties

severance noun [uncountable]
: separate, divide, cut, cleave / / verb [transitive] formal past tense cleaved, clove / / cleft / /
past participle cleaved, cloven / cleft

1 [intransitive always + adv/prep, transitive always + adv/prep] to cut something into separate parts using a heavy tool or to be able to be cut in this way: The wooden door had been cleft in two.

2 [transitive] to divide something into two completely separate parts: Class divisions have cleft the society.

3 cleave the air/darkness etc to move quickly through the air etc: His fist cleft the air.

cleave to sb/sth phrasal verb [transitive]

1 formal to continue to think that a method, belief etc is true or valuable, even when this seems unlikely: John still cleaves to his romantic ideals.

2 to stick to someone or something or seem to surround them

, rend / / past tense and past participle rent / verb [transitive] literary
to tear or break something violently into pieces