verb
sunder
SUN-der/ˈsʌndər/
To split or force apart.
The hands sunder the paper, tearing it into two pieces.
Etymology
Old English sundrian, “to divide,” came from sundor, “apart.” The verb turns that state into an action: putting things apart by dividing or separating them.
In context
the remaining seven engines collided with their traitor foes with enough righteous Fury to Sunder their line forcing cavora to prematurely stagger and close their encircling maneuver to compensate
More examples
- The explosion sundered the ship's hull.
- A bitter feud sundered their friendship.
- The civil war threatens to sunder the country.
Forms
sunder · sunders · sundered · sundering