Main Entry: sun·der

Pronunciation: \ˈsən-dər\

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): sun·dered; sun·der·ing \-d(ə-)riŋ\

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English gesundrian, syndrian; akin to Old High German suntarōn to sunder, Old English sundor apart, Latin sine without, Sanskrit sanutar away

Date: before 12th century

transitive verb : to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or spaceintransitive verb : to become parted, disunited, or severed

synonyms see separate