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sun·der

[suhn-der] Pronunciation Key

–verb (used with object)

1.	to separate; part; divide; sever.

–verb (used without object)

2.	to become separated; part.

[Origin: bef. 900; ME sundren, OE sundrian; c. G sondern, ON sundra; see sundry

]

—Related forms

sun·der·a·ble, adjective

sun·der·ance, noun

sun·der·er, noun

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sun·der   (sŭn'dər) Pronunciation Key
v.   sun·dered, sun·der·ing, sun·ders

v.   tr.
To break or wrench apart; sever. See Synonyms at separate.

v.   intr.
To break into parts.

n.   A division or separation.

[Middle English sundren, from Old English sundrian.]

sun'der·ance n.

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sunder

O.E. sundrian, from sundor "separately, apart," from P.Gmc. *sunder (cf. O.N. sundr, O.Fris. sunder, O.H.G. suntar "aside, apart"), from PIE base *sen(e)- denoting "separation" (cf. Skt. sanutar "far away," Avestan hanare "without," Gk. ater "without," L. sine "without," O.C.S. svene "without," O.Ir. sain "different").

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sunder
verb
break apart or in two, using violence

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Sunder

Sun"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sundered; p. pr. & vb. n. Sundering.] [OE. sundren, AS. sundrain (in [=a]sundrain, gesundrain), from sundor asunder, separately, apart; akin to D. zonder, prep., without, G. sonder separate, as prep., without, sondern but, OHG. suntar separately, Icel. sundr asunder, Sw. & Dan. s["o]nder, Goth. sundr[=o] alone, separately.] To disunite in almost any manner, either by rending, cutting, or breaking; to part; to put or keep apart; to separate; to divide; to sever; as, to sunder a rope; to sunder a limb; to sunder friends.

It is sundered from the main land by a sandy plain. --Carew.

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Sunder

Sun"der\, v. i. To part; to separate. [R.] --Shak.

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Sunder

Sun"der\, n. [See Sunder, v. t., and cf. Asunder.] A separation into parts; a division or severance.

In sunder, into parts. "He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder." --Ps. xlvi. 9.

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