asunder
Use Asunder in a sentence
dər 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.
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| —adv, —adj | |
| (postpositive) in or into parts or pieces; apart: to tear asunder | |
| [Old English on sundran apart; see | |
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Asunder
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Example sentences
Throughout the last week families were torn asunder as some escaped the country while others chose or were forced to stay.
What civil dissensions have happened thus to tear asunder, and separate.
But I also knew that our country was being torn asunder by opposition to the war.
But all at once, in the nearest bush, a shot went off; and immediately another; and the party flew asunder in terror.
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