Answer: severed

AnswerCrossword Clue
SEVEREDSeparated, as with a knife
SEVEREDBroke off, as relations
SEVEREDCut off
SEVEREDCut
SEVEREDCloven
SEVEREDDisjoined.
SEVEREDSundered.
SEVEREDDissociated.
SEVEREDBroken.
SEVEREDCut.
SEVEREDIris Murdoch's "A ... Head"
SEVEREDDetached
SEVEREDBroke off
severedDivide by cutting or slicing, esp. suddenly and forcibly
severedSEVER, to divide or cut into parts
severedPut an end to (a connection or relationship); break off