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
How many lives have been lost, people injured, families sundered?
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Kevin Sabet, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 July 2025
Moore and Prater sundered their professional relationship in 1970.
—Chris Morris, Variety, 11 Jan. 2025
Is Theodor Kramer’s poem another means of exploring the way ordinary life can suddenly be sundered?
—Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2024
Political disputes have sundered families ‒ some siblings are no longer talking ‒ and heartless or thoughtless social media posts can bring people to tears.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2024
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Kevin Sabet, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 July 2025
Moore and Prater sundered their professional relationship in 1970.
—Chris Morris, Variety, 11 Jan. 2025
Is Theodor Kramer’s poem another means of exploring the way ordinary life can suddenly be sundered?
—Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2024
Political disputes have sundered families ‒ some siblings are no longer talking ‒ and heartless or thoughtless social media posts can bring people to tears.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2024
See All Example Sentences for sunder
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sunder
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Density can be measured by dividing mass by volume.—
Heather Barker,
Space.com,
11 Mar. 2026
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In Costa’s vision, the city was to be divided into several sectors.—
Sophia La Banca,
JSTOR Daily,
11 Mar. 2026
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According to his family’s attorney, Nikolas De Bremaeker, the boy was separated from the medical devices during the deportation process.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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The line separating the two is blurry, as both star types experience winds and ejecta before dying.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Mar. 2026
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Proposition 50 also split the sprawling district held by Kiley, a Republican from Rocklin, into six pieces, leaving the Northern California congressman and frequent Newsom critic with few good options.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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However, in the aftermath of their legendary Woodstock performance, Country Joe and the Fish split up, and McDonald embarked on his own solo career beginning with 1969’s Thinking of Woody Guthrie, a collection of songs by the folk legend.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
8 Mar. 2026
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Year after year, the Taiwanese public is becoming increasingly disconnected from their original Republic of China mentality.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
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The concepts feel half-formed at best, disconnected from Joan/Jo’s story.—
Jen Yamato,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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The White House has said the objectives of Operation Epic Fury have been to destroy Iran’s ballistic missile arsenal and production capacity and its navy, sever its support for proxies in other countries and ensure Iran can never acquire a nuclear weapon.—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
13 Mar. 2026
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Then make a 45-degree cut from the bed towards the first cut to form a trench that severs the root system of the nearby grass.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Sunder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sunder. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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