severable
adjective
sev·er·able
ˈse-və-rə-bəl 
ˈsev-rə-bəl
: capable of being severed
especially
: capable of being divided into legally independent rights or obligations
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These changes include severable mechanical and fluid connections for the engine section to jettison from the rocket, plus a heat shield and parachute to safely bring the engines back for an ocean recovery downrange from the launch pad.
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Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2025
The people of Gaza must understand that not only is the fate of Gaza severable from that of Hamas, but that the intense impoverishment of Gazans wrought by Hamas does not have to continue.
—TIME, 15 Oct. 2023
If any provision of these Terms shall be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these Terms and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
—interestingengineering.com, 31 Mar. 2023
Each provision of this Agreement is severable from every other provision of this Agreement.
—oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
The new plan solves severable problems.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 4 Dec. 2020
If so, this pattern would effectively be an instantiation of Biden’s messaging—much of the campaign was spent insisting that Trump is an aberration severable from the Republican Party as a whole and that Biden would be able to work with the GOP once elected.
—Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic, 16 Nov. 2020
If any provision of this Agreement shall be unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from this Agreement and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
—disneytermsofuse.com, 9 June 2020
If any provision of these terms of use shall be unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these terms of use and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
—Foreign Affairs, 7 June 2017
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Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2025
The people of Gaza must understand that not only is the fate of Gaza severable from that of Hamas, but that the intense impoverishment of Gazans wrought by Hamas does not have to continue.
—TIME, 15 Oct. 2023
If any provision of these Terms shall be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these Terms and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
—interestingengineering.com, 31 Mar. 2023
Each provision of this Agreement is severable from every other provision of this Agreement.
—oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
The new plan solves severable problems.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 4 Dec. 2020
If so, this pattern would effectively be an instantiation of Biden’s messaging—much of the campaign was spent insisting that Trump is an aberration severable from the Republican Party as a whole and that Biden would be able to work with the GOP once elected.
—Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic, 16 Nov. 2020
If any provision of this Agreement shall be unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from this Agreement and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
—disneytermsofuse.com, 9 June 2020
If any provision of these terms of use shall be unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these terms of use and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
—Foreign Affairs, 7 June 2017
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“Severable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/severable. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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severable
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sev·er·able
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