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Definition of asunder adverb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

asunder

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