sunder

sun·der

 (sŭn′dər)

v. sun·dered, sun·der·ing, sun·ders

v.tr.

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. To form a barrier or border between: a river that sunders the two mountain ranges.

4. To dissolve (a connection or relationship): a disagreement that sundered their friendship.

v.intr.

To become broken into parts or disunited.

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[Middle English sundren, from Old English sundrian.]

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sun′der·ance n.

sunder

(ˈsʌndə)

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]

ˈsunderable adj

ˈsunderance, ˈsunderment n

ˈsunderer n

sun•der

(ˈsʌn dər)

v.t.

1. to separate; part; divide; sever.

v.i.

2. to become separated; part.

[before 900; Middle English sundren, Old English (ge)sundrian (c. Old High German sunt(a)arōn, Old Norse sundra), derivative of sundor; see sundry]

sunder

Past participle: sundered
Gerund: sundering

Imperative

sunder

sunder

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"

sunder

verb

To crack or split into two or more fragments by means of or as a result of force, a blow, or strain:

break, fracture, rift, rive, shatter, shiver, smash, splinter.

Translations

sunder

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

sunder

(liter)

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

vi → brechen; (fig) → sich trennen