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verb
- 1. split apart: literary "the crunch of bone when it is sundered"
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The meaning of SUNDER is to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space. How to use sunder in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Sunder.
Sunder definition: to separate; part; divide; sever. . See examples of SUNDER used in a sentence.
sunder. verb [ T ] literary uk / ˈsʌn.də r/ us / ˈsʌn.dɚ / Add to word list. to break something apart: The last few bubbles rose from the sundered ship. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Tearing and breaking into pieces. apart. asunder. bobble. bobbly. break into pieces. chip. crack. disintegration. dismantle. fall apart phrasal verb.
Think of the word sunder as violently tearing something apart. A frequent line in a wedding ceremony is, "What God has joined together, let no man tear asunder." Keep that in mind, and you'll have the meaning of the word.
If people or things are sundered, they are separated or split by something. [literary] The city is being sundered by racial tension. [be VERB -ed] Police moved in to separate the two groups, already sundered by distrust. [VERB-ed] Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
1. To break into two or more pieces or parts; sever: "Several disputed sculptures ... are sundered, with fragments residing in separate museums" (Lee Rosenbaum). 2. To force or keep apart: "Even our own kindred in the North are sundered from us" (J.R.R. Tolkien). See Synonyms at separate. 3.
sunder. verb [ T ] literary us / ˈsʌn.dɚ / uk / ˈsʌn.də r/ Add to word list. to break something apart: The last few bubbles rose from the sundered ship. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Tearing and breaking into pieces. apart. asunder. bobble. bobbly. break into pieces. chip. crack. disintegration. dismantle. fall apart phrasal verb.
Noun. Idiom. Filter. verb. To break apart; separate; part; split. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To force or keep apart. American Heritage. To form a barrier or border between. A river that sunders the two mountain ranges. American Heritage. To dissolve (a connection or relationship). A disagreement that sundered their friendship.
Definition of sunder verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definition of 'sunder' sunder. (sʌndər ) Word forms: sunders, sundering, sundered. transitive verb [usu passive] If people or things are sundered, they are separated or split by something. [literary] The city is being sundered by racial tension. Police moved in to separate the two groups, already sundered by distrust.
