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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:
bef. 1000; ME; OE on sundrum apart. See a- 1 , sundry
a·sun·der     (ə-sŭn'dər)  Pronunciation Key 
adv.  
  1. Into separate parts or pieces: broken asunder.
  2. Apart from each other either in position or in direction: The curtains had been drawn asunder.

[Middle English, from Old English on sundran : on, on; see on + sundran, separately (from sunder, apart).]
a·sun'der adj.

asunder 
c.1160, contraction of O.E. on sundran (see sunder).

asunder

adjective
1. widely separated especially in space; "as wide asunder as pole from pole" 

adverb
1. into parts or pieces; "he took his father's watch apart"; "split apart"; "torn asunder" [syn: apart

Asunder

A*sun"der\, adv. [Pref. a- + sunder.] Apart; separate from each other; into parts; in two; separately; into or in different pieces or places.

I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder. --Zech. xi. 10.

As wide asunder as pole and pole. --Froude.

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