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(Entry 1 of 2)

the act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces

the sundering of the nation by bloody civil war

Synonyms for sundering

bifurcation,
breakup,
cleavage,
dissolution,
disunion,
division,
fractionalization,
fractionation,
partition,
schism,
scission,
separation,
split

Words Related to sundering

breach,
rupture

divorce,
severance

decomposition,
disassembly,
dismemberment,
segmentation,
subdivision

atomization,
dichotomization,
polarization

diffusion,
dispersal,
dispersion,
scattering

administration,
apportionment,
distribution

isolation,
seclusion,
segregation,
sequestration

Near Antonyms for sundering

assemblage,
association

attachment,
conjunction,
connection,
link,
linkage,
linkup

aggregation,
combination,
consolidation,
fusion

Antonyms for sundering

unification,
union

sundering

verb

present participle of sunder

Synonyms & Antonyms of sundering (Entry 2 of 2)

to set or force apart

during the cold war East and West Berlin were sundered by an impenetrable wall

Synonyms for sundering

Words Related to sundering

breaking down,
decomposing,
disassembling,
disintegrating,
dissolving

bifurcating,
bisecting,
cleaving,
dichotomizing,
dissecting,
fractionalizing,
fractionating,
halving,
partitioning,
quartering,
segmenting,
subdividing,
trisecting

fragmentating,
fragmenting,
fragmentizing

breaking,
fracturing,
pulling,
rending,
rifting,
ripping,
riving,
rupturing,
tearing

cutting off,
insulating,
isolating,
secluding,
segregating,
sequestering

detaching,
disengaging,
disentangling,
unraveling,
untying
(or untieing)

Near Antonyms for sundering

assembling,
associating,
blending,
combining,
mingling,
mixing

connecting,
coupling

accumulating,
agglutinating,
attaching,
binding,
cementing,
closing,
fastening,
fusing,
knitting,
sticking,
welding

Antonyms for sundering

joining,
linking,
unifying,
uniting

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