sunder
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsundersun‧der /ˈsʌndə $ -ər/ verb [transitive] literaryBREAK to break something into parts, especially violently SYN split→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpussunder• War and the reality of her marriage had sundered all obligation to her parents' expectations.• During his twenties his father and he were sundered by religion.Origin sunder Old English gesundrian, syndrian