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asunder

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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.
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Origin:
bef. 1000; ME; OE on sundrum apart. See a- 1 , sundry
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a·sun·der   (ə-sŭn'dər)   
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.
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Word Origin & History

asunder 
c.1160, contraction of O.E. on sundran (see sunder).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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