'Sunder' definitions:
Definition of 'sunder'
(from WordNet)
verb
Break apart or in two, using violence
Definition of 'Sunder'
From: GCIDE
- Sunder \Sun"der\, v. t. To expose to the sun and wind. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sunder'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- It is sundered from the main land by a sandy plain. --Carew. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sunder'
From: GCIDE
- Sunder \Sun"der\, v. i. To part; to separate. [R.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sunder'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'sunder'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amputate,
- atomize,
- ax,
- bisect,
- break to pieces,
- break up,
- butcher,
- carve,
- chop,
- cleave,
- cut,
- cut away,
- cut in two,
- cut off,
- demolish,
- dichotomize,
- disassemble,
- disintegrate,
- disjoin,
- disjoint,
- dismantle,
- dissect,
- dissever,
- disunite,
- divide,
- divorce,
- excise,
- fissure,
- fragment,
- gash,
- hack,
- halve,
- hew,
- incise,
- jigsaw,
- lance,
- make mincemeat of,
- pare,
- part,
- pick to pieces,
- prune,
- pull in pieces,
- pull to pieces,
- pulverize,
- reduce to rubble,
- rend,
- rive,
- saw,
- scissor,
- sever,
- shatter,
- slash,
- slice,
- slit,
- smash,
- snip,
- split,
- take apart,
- tear,
- tear apart,
- tear to pieces,
- tear to shreds,
- tear to tatters,
- total,
- unbuild,
- undo,
- unmake,
- whittle,
- wrack up,
- wreck