sundered

[ suhn-derd ]

adjective

1. Archaic or Literary. separated or divided into parts or broken to pieces:

   In Austria’s coat of arms, freedom is signified by a sundered iron chain ringing both talons of a black, red-tongued eagle.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of sunder.

Other Words From

• un·sun·dered adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of sundered¹

sunder ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

The sundered ship fans out like a deck of cards then collapses, smoldering.

From New York Times

They spoke of how their community would be sundered and friendships lost, because their public school is at the center of these bonds.

From Los Angeles Times

But when the university ordered them off campus, their sense of safety was sundered.

From Los Angeles Times

Genealogy search registries can repair sundered ancestral bonds, reuniting relatives yearning for kinship.

From Salon

Her first task would be to unify a party that has been sundered by the drama of the Johnson years and is bleeding support among voters.

From New York Times

Related Words

• detached
• disconnected
• distant
• distinct
• divorced
• removed