sunder (redirected from sundered)

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.

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[Middle English sundren, from Old English sundrian.]

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sunder·ance n.

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sunder [ˈsʌndə] Archaic or literary

vb

to break or cause to break apart or in pieces

n

in sunder into pieces; apart

[Old English sundrian; related to Old Norse sundr asunder, Gothic sundrō apart, Old High German suntar, Latin sine without]

sunderable  adj

sunderance  n

sunderer  n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

sunder - break apart or in two, using violence fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize, break up - break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented"

Translations

sunder [ˈsʌndəʳ] VT (liter) → romper, dividir, hender

sunder (liter)

vt → brechen; chains → sprengen; (fig) connection → abbrechen

vi → brechen; (fig) → sich trennen