Hypertext Webster Gateway: "asunder"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Asunder \A*sun"der\, adv. [Pref. a- + sunder.]
Apart; separate from each other; into parts; in two;
separately; into or in different pieces or places.
I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder.
--Zech. xi.
10.
As wide asunder as pole and pole. --Froude.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
asunder
adj : widely separated especially in space; "as wide asunder as
pole from pole" [syn: {asunder(p)}]
adv : into parts or pieces; "he took his father's watch apart";
"split apart"; "torn asunder" [syn: {apart}]
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