| 单词 | sunder |
| 释义 | sunder (once / 3598 pages) v Think of the word sunder as violently tearing something apart. A frequent line in a wedding ceremony is, "What God has joined together, let no man tear asunder." Keep that in mind, and you'll have the meaning of the word. Throughout its history, the word sunder has carried the same basic meaning, "to tear or break apart." It is of good Germanic stock, coming from the Old English verb sundrian. All of the related Germanic words, then and now, carry the idea of separation, usually in a violent or unpleasant manner. WORD FAMILYsunder: sundered, sundering, sunders USAGE EXAMPLESMerging disparate parts into an artistic whole is just as pertinent when entire societies are sundered by competing cultures and ideologies. Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016) Disagreements over the election have ruined Thanksgiving plans, and even sundered some friendships. New York Times(Nov 12, 2016) Two decades ago, he wrote The Serbs, now considered a classic account of the ethnic conflicts that sundered Yugoslavia. Slate(Oct 18, 2016) v break apart or in two, using violence Hyper break up, fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize break or cause to break into pieces |
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