SUNDER

[sun.der] vb sun.dered ; sun.der.ing [ME, fr. OE gesundrian, syndrian; akin to OHG suntaron to sunder, OE sundor apart, L sine without, Skt sanutar away] vt (bef. 12c): to break apart or in two: separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space ~ vi: to become parted, disunited, or severed syn see separate