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sunder

sun·der [ súndər ] (past and past participle sun·dered, present participle sun·der·ing, 3rd person present singular sun·ders)


transitive and intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
break something apart: to separate something into parts, especially by force, or be separated in this way ( literary )

[ Old English sundrian< sundor "apart" < Indo-European]

sun·der·er noun
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