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Synonyms for sunder

Grammar : Verb
Spell : suhn-der
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsʌn dər

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Définition of sunder

Origin :
  • Old English sundrian, from sundor "separately, apart," from Proto-Germanic *sunder (cf. Old Norse sundr, Old Frisian sunder, Old High German suntar "aside, apart"), from PIE root *sen(e)- denoting "separation" (cf. Sanskrit sanutar "far away," Avestan hanare "without," Greek ater "without," Latin sine "without," Old Church Slavonic svene "without," Old Irish sain "different"). Related: Sundered; sundering.
  • verb separate, sever
Example sentences :
  • Could I not have riven his body in sunder and strewn it on the waves?
  • Extract from : « The Aeneid of Virgil » by Virgil
  • We glare and fume and could gladly see them all maced in sunder with battle-axes.
  • Extract from : « Pipefuls » by Christopher Morley
  • When they could no longer rule the nation, they set out to sunder it.
  • Extract from : « The Negro and the Nation » by George S. Merriam
  • I know how many dear and precious ties you must, for a time, sunder.
  • Extract from : « Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay » by George Otto Trevelyan
  • The King hath rent your bonds in sunder, and how do ye repay him?
  • Extract from : « Long Will » by Florence Converse
  • But you would not sunder so holy a bond as that of marriage, Hugh?
  • Extract from : « Dawn » by Mrs. Harriet A. Adams
  • "Strangers and foes do sunder and not kiss," said Helena to Bertram.
  • Extract from : « It Never Can Happen Again » by William De Morgan
  • This is her unforgivable sin, the attempt to sunder the body from the soul.
  • Extract from : « Why we should read » by S. P. B. Mais
  • They say, Let us break their bands in sunder and cast away their cords.
  • Extract from : « Religious Studies, Sketches and Poems » by Harriet Beecher Stowe
  • It affirms that the great body of humanity is one, and that it is death to sunder it.
  • Extract from : « Fifty Notable Years » by John G. Adams

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