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sunder
[ suhn-der ]
/ ˈsʌn dər /
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Definition of sunder
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
to become separated; part.
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Origin of sunder
First recorded before 900; Middle English sundren, Old English sundrian; cognate with German sondern, Old Norse sundra; see sundry
OTHER WORDS FROM sunder
sun·der·a·ble, adjectivesun·der·ance, nounsun·der·er, nounWords nearby sunder
Sunday punch, Sundays, Sunday school, Sunday supplement, sun deck, sunder, sundered, Sunderland, sundew, sundial, sun disc
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British Dictionary definitions for sunder
sunder
/ (ˈsʌndə) archaic, or literary /
verb
to break or cause to break apart or in pieces
noun
in sunder into pieces; apart
Derived forms of sunder
sunderable, adjectivesunderance, nounsunderer, nounWord Origin for sunder
Old English sundrian; related to Old Norse sundr asunder, Gothic sundrō apart, Old High German suntar, Latin sine without
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