sunder Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb break apart or in two, using violence

WordNet

Sun"der transitive verb
Etymology
OE. sundren, AS. sundrain (in asundrain, 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. sönder, Goth. sundro alone, separately.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Sundered ; present participle & verbal noun Sundering
Definitions
  1. 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.
Sun"der intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To part; to separate. R. Shak.
Sun"der noun
Etymology
See Sunder, v. t., and cf. Asunder.
Definitions
  1. A separation into parts; a division or severance.
Sun"der transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To expose to the sun and wind. Prov. Eng. Halliwell.

Webster 1913