Definition of "severest" [severest]

• Superlative form of severe: most severe. (adjective)
• Second-person singular simple present form of sever. (verb)

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• "Ken Kubo last month said this fiscal year will be the company's "severest," adding a loss of "several tens of billions of yen" is likely unavoidable."
• "London faces the threat of a Mumbai-style terror attack early next year, with terrorists poised to strike the city using handguns, bombs and hostage-taking techniques, Scotland Yard has said in its "severest" warning."
• "They started at the time when the cold was the severest at the beginning of the Winter."