sunder

pronunciation

How to pronounce sunder in British English: UK [ˈsʌndə(r)]word uk audio image

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  • Verb:
    break apart or in two, using violence

Word Origin

sunder (v.)
Old English sundrian, syndrian "to sunder, separate, divide," from sundor "separately, apart," from Proto-Germanic *sunder (cognates: Old Norse sundr, Old Frisian sunder, Old High German suntar "aside, apart;" German sondern "to separate"), from PIE root *sene- "apart, separated" (cognates: Sanskrit sanutar "far away," Avestan hanare "without," Greek ater "without," Latin sine "without," Old Church Slavonic svene "without," Old Irish sain "different"). Related: Sundered; sundering.

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vt. & vi.

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Example

1. Does devastate generate more threat per hit than sunder armor ?
2. Sunder talent for shooting the gems , armor piled high .
3. Will you sunder nitrogen from air ?
4. Equipment selection crit or sunder .
5. Q : is only sunder armor being changed ?

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