as in to divide
to set or force apart
during the cold war East and West Berlin were sundered by an impenetrable wall
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Recent Examples of sunder
It was booked to fly on a Soyuz in 2022, but Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February of that year sundered the international partnership that led to the deal, putting the satellite in mothballs for a spell.
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Mike Wall,
Space.com,
3 May 2026
The company has already sundered its businesses internally into two divisions ahead of a formal separation.
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Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
Others, like me, wake up in the middle of the night, their sleep sundered into two chunks.
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Rowan Jacobsen,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
Comcast and Versant won’t be completely sundered after the split, as the USGA deal demonstrates.
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David Bloom,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Mike Wall,
Space.com,
3 May 2026
The company has already sundered its businesses internally into two divisions ahead of a formal separation.
—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
Others, like me, wake up in the middle of the night, their sleep sundered into two chunks.
—
Rowan Jacobsen,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
Comcast and Versant won’t be completely sundered after the split, as the USGA deal demonstrates.
—
David Bloom,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sunder
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sunder
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The revelation has divided Jefferson descendants for decades.
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The sale sees the property divided into three lots with two buildable, giving the opportunity to create a treasurable family compound in rural seclusion just a 30-minute drive from the island’s main towns.
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This is not Copenhagen, which has wide boulevards where vehicles and bikes can be easily separated.
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The film tells the story of the tender yet destructive friendship between two 13-year-old boys who run away when they are threatened with being separated.
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The result is uncommon room layouts like the tri-suite king room equipped with two twin-sized beds and a king bed split by a privacy divider that doubles as a playful art installation.
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Cutright, who was not charged with murder, split from Devastating Pyrotechnics to form Blackstar Fireworks on the property in 2023.
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If your pet already has a microchip, make sure the information is up to date; sometimes, even pets with microchips can’t be identified because the phone number associated with them has been disconnected.
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Without considering objects, understanding history is incomplete, leaving people today disconnected from those who lived it.
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The Townshend Revenue Act threatened to sever this link between Colonial legislatures and British officials.
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The workers' group opposes Ryder's Law, which will sever the main income source for many of the heavily immigrant owners and drivers.
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“Sunder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sunder. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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