asunder

[ uh-suhn-der ]

/ əˈsʌn dər /

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adverb, adjective

into separate parts; in or into pieces: Lightning split the old oak tree asunder.

apart or widely separated: as wide asunder as the polar regions.

Nearby words

astutely, astyanax, astylar, asu, asunción, asunder, asur, asura, asw, aswan, aswan dam

Origin of asunder

before 1000; Middle English; Old English on sundrum apart. See a-¹, sundry

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Examples from the Web for asunder

What singular warning of chance or of destiny tore them asunder?
Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2)|Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Factions, of every degree of tyranny and vice, tore it asunder.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 63, No. 392, June, 1848|Various
To distract, means literally to pull a thing two different ways—even to pull it asunder.
All Saints' Day and Other Sermons|Charles Kingsley
Hand in hand we must take our way, and death alone could tear us asunder.
The Betrayal of John Fordham|B.L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon

And straightway Attus took the whetstone and cut it asunder.
Stories From Livy|Alfred Church

British Dictionary definitions for asunder

asunder

/ (əˈsʌndə) /

adverb, adjective

(postpositive) in or into parts or pieces; apartto tear asunder

Word Origin for asunder

Old English on sundran apart; see sunder

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asunder

adverb, adjective

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Origin of asunder

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British Dictionary definitions for asunder

asunder

adverb, adjective

Word Origin for asunder