Sunder
King James Dictionary [1]
SUN'DER,
1. To part to separate to divide to disunite in almost any manner, either by rending, cutting, or breaking as, to sunder a rope or cord to sunder a limb or joint to sunder friends, or the ties of friendship. The executioner sunders the head from the body at a stroke. A mountain may be sundered by an earthquake.
Bring me lightning, give me thunder
--Jove may kill, but ne'er shall sunder.
2. To expose to the sun. Provincial in England.
SUN'DER, n. In sunder, in tow.
He cutteth the spear in sunder. Psalms 46
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): ( v. t.) A separation into parts; a division or severance.
(2): ( v. i.) To part; to separate.
(3): ( v. t.) To expose to the sun and wind.
(4): ( v. t.) To disunite in almost any manner, either by rending, cutting, or breaking; to part; to put or keep apart; to separate; to divide; to sever; as, to sunder a rope; to sunder a limb; to sunder friends.