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sundering
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | separate, sever |
| Synonyms: | break, break apart, break off, come apart, cut in two, detach, disconnect, disjoin, divide, part, rend, slice, split, split up, uncouple, undo, wedge apart |
| Main Entry: | outbreak |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sudden happening |
| Synonyms: | beginning, blowup, brawl, break, breaking, burst, bursting, commencement, commotion, convulsion, crack, crash, dawn, detonation, discharge, disorder, disruption, ebullition, effervescence, epidemic, eruption, explosion, fit, flare-up, flash, fury, gush, gushing, insurrection, irruption, mutiny, onset, outburst, outpouring, paroxysm, plague, rebellion, rending, revolution, roar, sally, sortie, spasm, spurt, storm, sundering, surge, thunder, tumult, uprising, volley |
| Antonyms: | conclusion, end, finale |
| Main Entry: | variance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difference |
| Synonyms: | about-face, argument, change, conflict, contention, deviation, difference of opinion, different strokes, disaccord, disagreement, discord, discrepancy, dissension, dissent, dissidence, disunity, divergence, diversity, division, flip-flop, fluctuation, incongruity, inconsistency, mid-course correction, mutation, separation, severing, strife, sundering, switch, transmogrification, unharmoniousness, variation, variety |
| Antonyms: | agreement |
| Main Entry: | recreance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | defection |
| Synonyms: | alienation, apostasy, backsliding, deficiency, dereliction, desertion, disaffection, disloyalty, disownment, divorce, estrangement, failing, failure, faithlessness, forsaking, lack, parting, rebellion, recreancy, rejection, repudiation, retreat, revolt, separation, severance, sundering, tergiversation, withdrawal |
| Main Entry: | recreancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | defection |
| Synonyms: | alienation, apostasy, backsliding, deficiency, dereliction, desertion, disaffection, disloyalty, disownment, divorce, estrangement, failing, failure, faithlessness, forsaking, lack, parting, rebellion, recreance, rejection, repudiation, retreat, revolt, separation, severance, sundering, tergiversation, withdrawal |
| Main Entry: | tergiversation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | defection |
| Synonyms: | alienation, apostasy, backsliding, deficiency, dereliction, desertion, disaffection, disloyalty, disownment, divorce, estrangement, failing, failure, faithlessness, forsaking, lack, parting, rebellion, recreance, recreancy, rejection, repudiation, retreat, revolt, separation, severance, sundering, withdrawal |
| Main Entry: | break up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | end relationship, activity |
| Synonyms: | adjourn, disassemble, disband, dismantle, disperse, disrupt, dissolve, divide, divorce, end, halt, part, put an end to, scatter, separate, sever, split, stop, sunder, suspend, take apart, terminate |
| Antonyms: | reconcile |
| Main Entry: | carve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut carefully with sharp instrument |
| Synonyms: | block out, chip, chisel, cleave, dissect, dissever, divide, engrave, etch, fashion, form, grave, hack, hew, incise, indent, insculpt, model, mold, mould, pattern, rough-hew, sculpt, shape, slash, slice, stipple, sunder, tool, trim, whittle |
| Main Entry: | cleave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | divide, split |
| Synonyms: | carve, chop, crack, cut, dissect, dissever, disunite, divorce, hack, hew, open, part, pierce, rend, rip, rive, separate, sever, slice, stab, sunder, tear asunder, whack |
| Antonyms: | join, meld, unite |
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