asunder
adverb or adjective
asun·der
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Definition of asunder
1
: into parts
torn asunder
2
: apart from each other
… he staggered away, with his legs very wide asunder.— Charles Dickens
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In other words, what Donald Trump and Robert Mueller have rent asunder, Google and Facebook have joined together. — Jeffrey Toobin, The New Yorker, "The House Judiciary Committee Considers Antitrust Law, the Tech Giants, and the Future of News," 14 June 2019 The hills that split asunder and the black that ate the skies; The flames that shot so high and hot that even dragons burned; Would never be the final sights that fell upon their eyes. — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, "Where Did Drogon Take Daenerys Targaryen in the Game of Thrones Finale?," 20 May 2019 Somehow, though, the answers never add up, nor do the details that convincingly define a life torn asunder. — Ben Brantley, New York Times, "Review: Carey Mulligan Tells a Harrowing Tale of ‘Girls & Boys’," 27 June 2018 Every time this happens, family members and friends of the victims have their lives torn asunder in an instant. — Alexander Tsai, STAT, "When police officers kill unarmed blacks, it affects blacks’ mental health across the country," 27 June 2018 But half a year away from that milestone, the group’s dynamic was torn asunder in the last weeks of 2017 by the death of Jonghyun, who passed at the age of 27. — Tamar Herman, Billboard, "SHINee Talks 'The Story of Light' Series and 10th Anniversary," 15 June 2018 Like O'Neill's masterpiece, Buried Child focuses on a spiritually bankrupt family torn asunder and glued together by unspeakable secrets. — Justin Hayford, Chicago Reader, "Writers Theatre's Buried Child sacrifices Sam Shepard's ghoulish humor for tragedy," 23 May 2018 Someday, in my opinion, and maybe soon, the Rajneesh cult will break asunder. — Win Mccormack, The New Republic, "Last Year at Rajneeshpuram?," 12 Apr. 2018 All week, Bitegate has torn the nation asunder—and now, the late night world has finally waded in, with James Corden and Stephen Colbert (must have been a CBS-wide mandate, huh?) both dedicating segments to diving into the case. — Yohana Desta, HWD, "James Corden and Stephen Colbert Are Determined to Solve Beyoncé Bitegate," 30 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'asunder.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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asunder
adverb
asun·der
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Kids Definition of asunder
: into parts
torn asunder
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