sundered; sundering
ˈsən-d(ə-)riŋ 
: to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space
: to become parted, disunited, or severed
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Examples of sunder in a Sentence
a family sundered by scandal
during the cold war East and West Berlin were sundered by an impenetrable wall
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In the months before Oct. 7, Israeli society was sundered by his support of right-wing legislation diminishing the power of the Supreme Court.
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Eric Cortellessa/jerusalem, TIME, 8 Aug. 2024
Dissonant brass chords sundered the hall’s warm air like lightning.
—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
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Eric Cortellessa/jerusalem, TIME, 8 Aug. 2024
Dissonant brass chords sundered the hall’s warm air like lightning.
—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
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“Sunder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sunder. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
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