sunder

/'sʌndə/

Thân thiện

The blacksmith sunders the iron bar with a heavy hammer.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To break apart or in two, using violence: To separate or divide something forcefully, often resulting in a violent or complete split.
   • To sever or part: To cause a division or separation, especially of things that were once united.

Examples of Usage

• Verb:
  • The civil war threatened to sunder the nation.
  • With one mighty blow, the blacksmith sundered the iron bar.
  • Nothing could sunder the bond between the two friends.

Advanced Usage

• "to sunder from": to be separated or torn away from something.
  • The island was sundered from the mainland by the violent earthquake.
• Often used in literary or formal contexts to describe a dramatic, forceful, or tragic separation.

Variants and Related Words

• Asunder (adverb): Apart; into separate pieces. This is the most common related form.
  • The ship was torn asunder by the storm.
• Sundering (noun/gerund): The act of breaking apart.
  • The sundering of the alliance led to conflict.

Synonyms

• Sever: To cut off or separate, especially a part from a whole.
• Cleave: To split or divide, especially along a natural line.
• Rend: To tear something into pieces violently.
• Disunite: To cause to be no longer united.

Antonyms

• Unite: To join together for a common purpose.
• Bind: To tie or fasten tightly.
• Fuse: To join or blend to form a single entity.

Notes on Usage

• Sunder is now primarily a literary, poetic, or formal word. It is rarely used in everyday conversation.
• It strongly implies a violent, forceful, or complete break, not a gentle or casual separation.
• The past tense and past participle is sundered.

Học thuật

Verb

1. break apart or in two, using violence