verb (sundered; sundering)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English gesundrian, syndrian; akin to Old High German suntarōn to sunder, Old English sundor apart, Latin sine without, Sanskrit sanutar away Date: before 12th century transitive verb to break apart or in two ; separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space, intransitive verb to become parted, disunited, or severed, see: separate