SUNDERED Synonyms: 136 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in severed

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verb

past tense of sunder

as in divided

to set or force apart during the cold war East and West Berlin were sundered by an impenetrable wall

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Adjective

In 1863, Abraham Lincoln, hoping to unite a sundered nation, issued a proclamation declaring Thanksgiving to be a national holiday. — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Nov. 2025

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Each is made in the same materials as the reference object, reducing them to pure form, melted or sundered askew, obliterating any possibility of function. — Kim Córdova, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026 Behind him stood his tractor, and behind me was an almond tree, sundered. — Angelica Calabrese, Longreads, 7 July 2026 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. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 3 May 2026 Yet the epic’s songs were collected in both Finland and Karelia, reflecting a cultural affinity sundered by the politics of empire. — Thomas A. Dubois, The Conversation, 4 Feb. 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

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The sea beast was eventually killed by the hero Perseus, who in some tellings used the severed head of medusa to turn Cetus to stone!

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Their leader, the one who had held up the severed hand, was introduced as Maulvi Abdur Rahman Muzami, a judge.

— Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026

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The race is widely seen as a referendum on Netanyahu's nearly unbroken 17-year rule, which had left Israelis bitterly divided on a host of issues even before the deadliest attack in the country's history.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2026
The race was widely seen as a referendum on Netanyahu’s nearly unbroken 17-year rule, which had left Israelis bitterly divided on a host of issues even before the deadliest attack in the country’s history.

— Tia Goldenberg, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of divided

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The split opposition could give Tinubu a higher chance of winning in 2027 as was the case in 2023.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
And with a significant number of split-ticket voters expected, a big turnout in Trump country doesn’t mean every ballot is going Republican, just as a spike in Democratic territory doesn’t mean every vote is going blue.

— Charles Minshew, AJC.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of split

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Beckman portrayed the first lady's work on the ceasefire as an extension of her efforts to help reunite Russian and Ukrainian children with their families after they were separated by Russia's war against Ukraine.

— BEN FINLEY, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
Her parents had recently separated, and her mother, Alta Apantenco, was working as a waitress to support herself and her young daughter.

— Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of separated

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The rear subframe can be disconnected, allowing the engine and fuel tank to slide out together as a single unit.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2026
The phone call did not reveal a location because it was disconnected almost immediately, the sheriff's office said.

— Michael Guise, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of disconnected

Adjective

This view helpfully shows key numbers (such as resolved requests, involvement rate, resolution rate) at the top, along with a funnel that visualizes visualizing how requests are resolved (with AI or humans).

— Dianna Gunn, PC Magazine, 11 Aug. 2026
There's a difference between a closed ticket and a resolved issue.

— Amit Mathradas, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of resolved

Adjective

Millions of seniors in the United States are single, divorced or widowed and have no children.

— Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2026
Their biggest series that decade was Kate & Allie, the CBS comedy starring Susan Saint James and SNL original Jane Curtin as divorced best friends sharing a Greenwich Village apartment.

— Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026

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