asunder
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9.9
- adverb
- /əˈsʌndər/
- Archaic
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- The storm tore the old barn asunder, leaving debris scattered across the field.
- torn asunder
Hegel says it's torn asunder into its true extreme powers, right.
- Hegel says it's torn asunder into its true extreme powers, right.
- And Jesus says, know, O sons of light, that your thoughts are as powerful as the bolt of lightning that stabs through the storm and splits asunder the mighty tree.
- So it's just about the way kids just tear your soul asunder and on you, you know, next to the railroad tracks.
- There was a moment where I thought I could, I could be, I could be tossed asunder.
Examples
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Those whom God has joined together, let no man put asunder.
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The residual dunes, sea walls, and bulkheads were torn asunder, and many septic systems, decks, pools, and paved areas were destroyed.
Academic text (1991) -
What God has brought together, let no man put asunder--
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I found you at last, and nothing in the world shall tear us asunder.
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Let no man tear asunder.
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But more to the point, we are a nation divided and torn asunder by ethnic politics.
Blog text (7) -
The Christian Democratic Party was torn asunder by the increasing polarization.
Academic text (1991) -
The bag had been ripped asunder, and the handle was twisted and scorched black.
Fiction book (1998) -
What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder" (Mark 10:6-9).
Academic text (2002) -
The church's traditional bonds of unity were torn asunder, and the rich brotherhood established by Martin Luther was strained as never before.
Academic text (2006)
Synonyms
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Become separated into pieces
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Etymology
The word asunder comes from Old English parts a- and sunder, where sunder meant 'apart' or 'to split'. So to say something was asunder is to picture it 'in pieces' or 'torn apart', which is why the word means 'into pieces' or 'apart'.