sunder

🇬🇧 UK/'sʌndә/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

v.

To break or split apart, especially by force; to separate.

切开,分离,分裂

n.

A separation or division into parts.

分离,分割

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
sunderother
=sunder

Common Collocations

  • 1.put asunder使分离
  • 2.sunder apart强行分开
  • 3.[sunder ties]断绝关系
  • 4.torn asunder被撕裂

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The violent storm sundered the ancient oak tree in two.

  • 2.

    Years of conflict had sundered the once-united nation into rival factions.

  • 3.

    The couple's relationship was sundered by betrayal and mistrust.

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