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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Sunder \Sun"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sundered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Sundering}.] [OE. sundren, AS. sundrain (in [=a]sundrain,
gesundrain), from sundor asunder, separately, apart; akin to
D. zonder, prep., without, G. sonder separate, as prep.,
without, sondern but, OHG. suntar separately, Icel. sundr
asunder, Sw. & Dan. s["o]nder, Goth. sundr[=o] alone,
separately.]
To disunite in almost any manner, either by rending, cutting,
or breaking; to part; to put or keep apart; to separate; to
divide; to sever; as, to sunder a rope; to sunder a limb; to
sunder friends.

It is sundered from the main land by a sandy plain.
--Carew.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Sunder \Sun"der\, v. i.
To part; to separate. [R.] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Sunder \Sun"der\, n. [See {Sunder}, v. t., and cf. {Asunder}.]
A separation into parts; a division or severance.

{In sunder}, into parts. ``He breaketh the bow, and cutteth
the spear in sunder.'' --Ps. xlvi. 9.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Sunder \Sun"der\, v. t.
To expose to the sun and wind. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

sunder
v : break apart or in two, using violence


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