The phrase "are severed with" is not correct in standard written English.
It may be intended to describe something that has been cut or separated, but the construction is awkward and unclear.
Example: "The cables are severed with a sharp tool, making them unusable."
Alternatives: "are cut with" or "are separated by".
When these are severely curtailed by an amnesic state, the links connecting present and past are severed, with a consequent failure of reproduction.
Indeed, if the main arteries between the neck and the thorax are severed with a single cut, death occurs instantaneously, whereas if the cut is not expertly executed, death is delayed and the animal suffers (Farah and Fischer [2004]).
It is inferred that below this strain, the vertical cracks are not fully developed and there is still a connected current path, and then all the current paths are severed with the advent of the secondary cracks above the critical strain, which causes a steep resistance increase with a small increase in strain.
But no such committee was set up, and so: "My relationship is severed with the council.
The relationship between productivity and wages has been severed, with miserable consequences for household income.
The fingers of one hand were severed, with apparent bloodiness, and hung in a bag from the wall.
Whenever the action comes perilously close to melodrama, any tension is severed with a "blimey" or a raised eyebrow.
But there may be other chances to repair the relations that were severed with the takeover of the American embassy in Tehran in 1979.
Not so when the elephantine apron strings have yet to be severed with young males that are about to join the lost boys in search of manhood.
Britain's new economic sanctions require all contacts to be severed with the Iranian Central Bank, a step that the United States had already taken.
After Kmart filed for bankruptcy protection in January 2002, the contract with Fleming was severed with the approval of the Chicago bankruptcy judge overseeing the Kmart reorganization.
