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Meanings of asunder in English

Into parts or pieces.

Asunder.

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Usage of asunder in English
1
Interests invariably fall asunder in the end; vicious natures can always agree.
Poor Relations
2
The wind whipped the leaves along the pathway, the clouds tore asunder.
The Tarn of Eternity
3
The tree split asunder, and the Simpleton caught sight of the gold.
Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore
4
The two are as far asunder as the pole from the equator.
Weighed and Wanting
5
The tree quivered and fell asunder, its fragments lying in a circle.
Deerbrook
6
She standing one way and we another; we soon got further asunder.
A Continuation of a Voyage to New Holland, Etc. in the Year 1699
7
The ecclesiastical shackles were torn asunder and the people were set free.
To Infidelity and Back
8
The next instant the side wall bellied outward and then burst asunder.
The Rainy Day Railroad War
9
The black silence was torn asunder by the report of a gun.
What's Mine's Mine — Volume 2
10
And it clave asunder, and each part became like a huge mountain.
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)
11
But the Covenant had really been torn asunder, and it was gone.
Envoy
12
To them the two things must seem wide as the poles asunder.
Russia
13
The chords THERE, too,-thechords of the human instrument were snapped asunder.
Zanoni
14
Tear ye asunder the veils of names and cleave ye their kingdom.
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh
15
With a loud explosion, the ice broke asunder midway under the team.
The Turtles of Tasman
16
We see it in nations that are torn asunder by tribal lines.
The Guardian
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