adverb
asunder
uh-SUN-der/əˈsʌndər/
Apart into separate pieces or positions.
The rope lies torn asunder, with a gap between its frayed ends.
Etymology
The pieces express movement into an apart or separate position. Asunder therefore describes the resulting separation, whether things are broken into pieces or simply moved away from one another.
In context
managing as the world's magnetic field began to collapse tearing the atmosphere asunder in Continental hurricanes of unspeakable ferocity
More examples
- Their friendship was torn asunder by years of mistrust.
- The impact split the old door asunder.
- The poet describes a kingdom rent asunder by civil war.
Similar words
- apart
- Is the ordinary alternative for separation into parts.
- to pieces
- Emphasizes fragmentation rather than separation into distinct positions.