severance
n
(fml 文) [U]
cutting or being cut; discontinuation 切; 割; 中断
the severance of diplomatic relations, of communications, of family ties 外交关系、 通讯、 家庭关系的断绝.
🗣️ 情景例句
Collecting matchsticks was fun, until that fateful day one of them caught alight.