asunder
adverb/əˈsʌndə(r)/
/əˈsʌndər/
(old-fashioned or literary)- into pieces; apart
- families rent/torn asunder by the revolution
Oxford Collocations DictionaryAsunder is used with these verbs:- tear3
Word OriginOld English on sundran ‘in or into a separate place’; compare with sunder.Want to learn more?
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