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Definition/Meaning

(verb)

To split or divide something into parts, often violently or forcefully.

e.g. The powerful explosion sundered the old building into rubble.

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Similar Words

Bifurcate

Breakup

Decouple

Detach

Dichotomize

Disaffiliate

Disassociate

Disconnect

Disjoin

Disjoint

Dissociate

Divide

Divorce

Fractionalize

Fractionate

Halve

Part

Ramify

Resolve

Rupture

Separate

Sever

Split

Subdivide

Trisect

Uncouple

Unhitch

Unhook

Unlink

Unmix

Unyoke

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Opposite Words

Accumulate

Admix

Affix

Agglutinate

Ally

Amalgamate

Assemble

Associate

Attach

Batten

Befriend

Belay

Bend

Bind

Blend

Catenate

Cement

Chain

Chum

Close

Club

Coalesce

Coapt

Cohere

Combine

Comingle

Commingle

Commix

Company

Composite

Compound

Concatenate

Concrete

Confederate

Conflate

Conjoin

Conjugate

Connect

Consociate

Consort

Cooperate

Couple

Emulsify

Fasten

Federate

Fix

Fraternize

Fuse

Hasp

Hitch

Hobnob

Homogenize

Hook

Hookup

Immix

Incorporate

Integrate

Interconnect

Interfuse

Interlink

Interlock

Intermingle

Intermix

Join

Knit

Latch

League

Link

Marry

Meld

Merge

Mingle

Mix

Reaffix

Reattach

Recombine

Reconnect

Refasten

Refix

Resecure

Reunify

Reunite

Run

Sort

Stick

Toggle

Travel

Unify

Unionize

Unite

Weld

Yoke

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Related Words

Alien

Alienate

Bifurcate

Bisect

Break

Cleave

Decompose

Detach

Dichotomize

Disaffect

Disassemble

Disengage

Disentangle

Disgruntle

Disintegrate

Dissect

Dissolve

Estrange

Fractionalize

Fractionate

Fracture

Fragment

Halve

Insulate

Isolate

Partition

Pull

Quarter

Rend

Rift

Rip

Rive

Rupture

Seclude

Segment

Segregate

Sequester

Subdivide

Tear

Trisect

Unravel

Untie

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