asunder

CEFRC2

/əˈsʌndə/

adverb

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  1. 01

    adverb

    Into separate pieces or parts.

  2. 02

    adverb

    Extra detail

    Of two or more people or things:, Moving apart from each other.

Examples

  • The cabin was torn asunder by the storm.

  • What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

adverb

Extra meanings

  1. Into separate parts or pieces.

  2. Of two or more people or things:

  3. Apart or separate from each other.

More examples

In context

  • to crack asunder torn asunder

  • Heer's a coyle to keep fire and tovv a ſunder.

  • Page. I vvarrant you, hee's the man ſhould fight vvith him. / […] [Robert] Shal[low]. It appeares ſo by his vveapons: keep them aſunder: […]

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Origin

adverb

From Middle English asunder, asonder (“apart in position, distant; apart in movement; to pieces; alone, separately; distinct in kind, different”), asondri (“distinct, separate”), onsunder, onsondre (“apart, asunder; alone, separately; especially, particularly (?)”), from Old English onsundrum, on sundur (“asunder, apart, privately”), probably from on- (prefix meaning ‘on, upon’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- (“on, onto”)) + sundor, sunder (“alone, apart; separately; privately”) (from Proto-West Germanic *sundr, from Proto-Germanic *sundraz (“alone, separate”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *senH- (“apart; for oneself; without”)). By surface analysis, a- (prefix meaning ‘at...