Sever
Sever verb - To set or force apart.
Usage example: disapproving parents who were willing to do anything to sever the young lovers
Sunder is a synonym for sever in cut topic. In some cases you can use "Sunder" instead a verb "Sever", when it comes to topics like separate, dismember, cut apart. archaic substitute
Sunder
Sunder verb - To set or force apart.
Usage example: during the cold war East and West Berlin were sundered by an impenetrable wall
Mutual synonyms
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