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a·sun·der

   [uh-suhn-der]
adverb, adjective
1.
into separate parts; in or into pieces: Lightning split the old oak tree asunder.
2.
apart or widely separated: as wide asunder as the polar regions.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English; Old English on sundrum apart. See a-1, sundry
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  • Torn asunder and weakened by civil war and political intrigue, the country was easy prey for outside invaders.
  • But I also knew that our country was being torn asunder by opposition to the war.
  • Fifty years ago, the largest bomb ever used in warfare tore Hiroshima asunder.
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asunder (əˈsʌndə)
 
—adv, —adj
(postpositive) in or into parts or pieces; apart: to tear asunder
 
[Old English on sundran apart; see sunder]

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asunder
mid-12c., contraction of O.E. on sundran (see sunder).
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