sunder
/ˈsʌndə
/verb [with object] literary
Split apart: a universe sundered ages ago in a divine war...
- But the process is apparently irreversible and non-renewable, and so if physical strain sunders the fibril bonds, tearing the tendon, it is impossible to reform them, at least in living tissue.
- Alienated from truthful knowledge, and unable to trust perceptual data without supplementary information, the individual is sundered from the world.
- They are simply sundered, and to bridge them is a task, not a gift.
Phrases
in sunder
Origin
Late Old English sundrian; related to German sondern.