Asunder

//əˈsʌndɚ// adv

adv ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    widely separated especially in space wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    Into separate parts or pieces. archaic, literary

    "to tear asunder"

Adverb
  1. 1
    into parts or pieces wordnet

Synonyms

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separateapartadriftall to piecesapartapart

Example

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"The cabin was torn asunder by the storm."

Etymology

From Middle English asunder, asondre, onsunder, on sondre, from Old English asundran, onsundrum (“asunder, apart, privately”), from Proto-Germanic *sunder, *sundraz. Equivalent to a- + sunder. Cognate with Danish sønder, Swedish sönder, Dutch zonder, German sonder, Icelandic sundur, Faroese sundur and Norwegian sunder/sønder; akin to Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍂𐍉 (sundrō).

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put asunderin halfin twainin two

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