n.
Pronunciation: ' s ə n-d ə r
Function: verb
Inflected Form: sun · dered ; sun · der · ing \ -d( ə -)ri ŋ \
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ge sundrian, syndrian; akin to Old High German suntar ō n to sunder, Old English sundor apart, Latin sine without, Sanskrit sanutar away
Date: before 12th century
transitive verb : to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space
intransitive verb : to become parted, disunited, or severed
synonyms see SEPARATE