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adjective

Definition of sunderednext
as in severed

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sundered

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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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sundered
  1. divided
  2. separated
  3. split
  4. disconnected
  5. parted
  6. severed
Adjective
  • The two parties are most starkly divided now on cultural issues rather than on the economic lines that once separated left from right, making a centrist compromise to produce policy solutions seem less and less important.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Yet global business leaders remain divided on the topic.
    Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of divided
Verb
  • Data held in qubits is affected by data held in other qubits, even when physically separated.
    Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Then the dancers disappeared, too, except for Abraham and a couple, who separated and lapped the stage one last time before leaving.
    Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of separated
Adjective
  • Like monstera, split leaf philodendron has giant, shapely green leaves that bring a whimsical, maximalist feel to a room.
    Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The project received preliminary approval in August with a split vote of 3-2, in which Mayor Christi Fraga and Councilman Rafael Pineyro voted against it.
    Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2025
Definition of split
Verb
  • In fact, lots of people are feeling distanced or disconnected, and want to know how to start a friend group.
    Tracy Brower, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Avoid the pitfalls of becoming a leader who seems entitled or disconnected from the daily challenges of their teams.
    Joseph Edgar, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of disconnected
Adjective
  • In a lively celebration of whiskers and wit, a man dressed as Moses stands on stage, holding the Ten Commandments before a sea of parted beards and mustaches inside Detroit's historic Masonic Temple.
    David Rodriguez Muñoz, Detroit Free Press, 5 Oct. 2024
  • Feldman’s attorneys said that’s when Wheeler gave him the tools and the two parted ways, but prosecutors said Feldman got into Wheeler’s Honda Accord, leaving his own phone behind in his car.
    Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2024
Definition of parted
Verb
  • In November, two fiber-optic Baltic Sea cables were severed.
    Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Iran’s land bridge to Hezbollah has been severed by the fall of Syria’s Assad regime.
    Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of severed
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