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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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asunder

(əˈsʌndə)
adv, adj
(postpositive) in or into parts or pieces; apart: to tear asunder.
[Old English on sundran apart; see sunder]
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a•sun•der

(əˈsʌn dər)

adv., adj.
1. into separate parts; in or into pieces.
2. apart or widely separated: as wide asunder as the polar regions.
[before 1000; Middle English; Old English on sundrum apart. See a-1, sundry]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.asunder - widely separated especially in space; "as wide asunder as pole from pole"
separate - independent; not united or joint; "a problem consisting of two separate issues"; "they went their separate ways"; "formed a separate church"
Adv.1.asunder - into parts or piecesasunder - into parts or pieces; "he took his father's watch apart"; "split apart"; "torn asunder"
apart
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asunder

adverb & adjective (Literary) to pieces, apart, torn, rent, to bits, to shreds, in pieces, into pieces a dress rent asunder from shoulder to hem
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Translations

asunder

[əˈsʌndəʳ] ADV to tear asunder (liter) → hacer pedazos
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asunder

[əˈsʌndər] adv
to tear asunder → déchirer
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asunder

adv (liter) (= apart) → auseinander; (= in pieces) → entzwei, in Stücke; to split asunder → spalten; her heart was rent asunder → ihr brach das Herz; … let no man put asunder → …, soll der Mensch nicht trennen or scheiden
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asunder

[əˈsʌndəʳ] adv (liter) to tear asunder → strappare
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