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sunder

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sun·der  (sndr)
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.]
sunder·ance n.
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Verb1.sunder - break apart or in two, using violence
fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize, break up - break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented"


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Between those two young hearts I had stood, to sunder them for ever, the one from the other, and his life and her life lay wasted before me alike in witness of the deed.
The Woman in White by Collins, Wilkie View in context
Never mind our kind friends: if they can part our bodies, it is enough; in God's name, let them not sunder our souls
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Bronte, Anne View in context
Notwithstanding terrifically wide sweep (some thirty feet or more) and the its hissing vigor of its descent, sufficient to sunder these very walls of iron, still the fraying of my robe would be all that, for several minutes, it would accomplish.
The Pit and the Pendulum by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
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