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Meanings of sunder in English

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Usage of sunder in English
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And he raised off his helm, and smote his neck in sunder.
Bulfinch's Mythology
2
Then he smote the vizier and clove his head in sunder.
Tales from the Arabic — Complete
3
As nations, you have allowed petty differences to sunder you from your neighbors.
Book Two: Descent
4
These, indeed, are the marks which sunder even the simplest civilization from barbarism.
Ancient Town-Planning
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We do not wish to sunder it, nor to disturb it.
A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee
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And now must even this image of me sunder from thee.
The Story of the Glittering Plain / Which Has Been Also Called t...
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Last time we met thou wert not so hasty to sunder.'
The Roots of the Mountains / Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Liv...
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These, which man hath joined together, God shall most surely sunder.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
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Wouldest thou sunder from the children of the Fathers, and dwell amongst strangers?'
The Roots of the Mountains / Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Liv...
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Bravery and beauty and wisdom and a love that death could not sunder.
To the blight: the eye of the world
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He could sunder that hairy shell and scatter pieces of its crooked legs.
Children of Time
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Verily lack of wealth could no more sunder Elliot and me!
A Monk of Fife / Being the Chronicle Written by Norman Leslie of...
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For twelve thousand pounds Parliament will sunder you well enough.
In for a penny
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You can only sunder the connection up to a point.
The Irish Times
15
The two television deals bring about an obvious conflict that could sunder European rugby.
The Irish Times
16
I know how many dear and precious ties you must, for a time, sunder.
Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay. Volume 1
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