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
Dissonant brass chords sundered the hall’s warm air like lightning.
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Justin Davidson, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2024
Kim is intent on sundering the U.S.–South Korea alliance.
—Sue Mi Terry, Foreign Affairs, 25 Oct. 2022
At this point, a single atom of oxygen could mingle with two hydrogen atoms to form a molecule of water—a molecule that could, in a cosmic cycle of creation and destruction, still be sundered anew by high-energy radiation from stars and other astrophysical sources.
—Shannon Hall, Scientific American, 23 Feb. 2024
And not now, as Israeli airstrikes crashed around him for the third week, erasing more of his neighborhood and sundering hundreds of families and friendships.
—TIME, 28 Oct. 2023
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Justin Davidson, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2024
Kim is intent on sundering the U.S.–South Korea alliance.
—Sue Mi Terry, Foreign Affairs, 25 Oct. 2022
At this point, a single atom of oxygen could mingle with two hydrogen atoms to form a molecule of water—a molecule that could, in a cosmic cycle of creation and destruction, still be sundered anew by high-energy radiation from stars and other astrophysical sources.
—Shannon Hall, Scientific American, 23 Feb. 2024
And not now, as Israeli airstrikes crashed around him for the third week, erasing more of his neighborhood and sundering hundreds of families and friendships.
—TIME, 28 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sunder
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The new retrospective is divided into seven chapters that showcase different thematic or formal aspects of Abercrombie’s career, including the miniatures and still lifes that are often overlooked.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
ARTnews.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Crockett made the comments while criticizing Democrats for becoming divided on the issue.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
25 Mar. 2025
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The couple wed in Boca Raton, Fla., on Feb. 26, 2006, and had two sons, Benjamin, born in 2009, and Lincoln, born in 2010, before separating in 2012.—
Emily Krauser,
People.com,
23 Mar. 2025
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Davis was already separated from Freddie’s mother at the time.—
Andy Swift,
TVLine,
23 Mar. 2025
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The western teams should split and form a new conference with new rules, money and a tournament.—
Jon Wilner,
Mercury News,
28 Mar. 2025
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Growing up on the East Coast and splitting my time between New York and Charleston, I was surrounded by Old World America and these architectural buildings that held so much history, and had such a strong presence about them.—
Chelsea Davis,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, China has seen a rise in patent filings for tools designed to cheaply and efficiently sever submarine cables—vital infrastructure that carries more than 95 percent of global communications.—
Kevin Sabet,
Newsweek,
24 Mar. 2025
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Even if they’re not technically severed, they’re still cut off from a part of themselves due to their allegiance to Kier and the ideology of Lumon.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
21 Mar. 2025
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Republican Senator Steve Daines, of Montana, said a staffer tested the agency's main phone line and was disconnected twice before holding for an hour on the third try, only to be cut off again.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Mar. 2025
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Without that strategic mindset, DEI risks becoming performative and, while well-intentioned, is ultimately disconnected from real impact.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Sunder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sunder. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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