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Definition of asunder in English: asunderadverb əˈsʌndəəˈsəndər archaic, literary Apart. those whom God hath joined together let no man put asunder Example sentencesExamples - It is an issue that threatens to tear asunder the world-wide Anglican Communion and it may even cause a split in the Church of Ireland, both North and South.
- Yet, in fact, the election was to bring a prolonged phase of division and torment that tore the Conservatives asunder.
- There is nothing, nothing in the world, which will tear us asunder!
- Religion, the force that can bind a family together against an uncertain world, can also rip it asunder.
- In recent months, lifelong friendships have been torn asunder.
Synonyms apart, up, in two into pieces, to pieces, to bits, to shreds
Origin Old English on sundran 'in or into a separate place'; compare with sunder. Rhymes blunder, chunder, hereunder, plunder, rotunda, sunder, thereunder, thunder, under, up-and-under, wonder Definition of asunder in US English: asunderadverbəˈsəndərəˈsəndər literary, archaic 1Apart; divided. those whom God hath joined together let no man put asunder Example sentencesExamples - In recent months, lifelong friendships have been torn asunder.
- There is nothing, nothing in the world, which will tear us asunder!
- Yet, in fact, the election was to bring a prolonged phase of division and torment that tore the Conservatives asunder.
- Religion, the force that can bind a family together against an uncertain world, can also rip it asunder.
- It is an issue that threatens to tear asunder the world-wide Anglican Communion and it may even cause a split in the Church of Ireland, both North and South.
- 1.1 Into pieces.
Example sentencesExamples - It appeared the tender was really full of coal, much of which landed on Clara's face as the tender burst asunder in the explosion.
- But half way there, they were stopped in their tracks by a gunshot, as the sign marking the summit was blown asunder.
- The market economy involves peaceful cooperation and bursts asunder when people, instead of exchanging commodities and services, are fighting one another.
- He saw people being shoved aside and trampled asunder by their own countrymen, fighting one another for the right to live.
- Bodies lay asunder, on hillsides, valleys, and in the villages.
Origin Old English on sundran ‘in or into a separate place’; compare with sunder. |