asunder

Meanings

• Adjective or Adverb

  Separated into parts or pieces; torn apart.

  - "The vase was shattered asunder."
  - "They went their ways asunder."
  - "The storm tore the roof from the house asunder."

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Synonyms

apart , in twain

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with asunder
thunder , plunder , munder , bonder , ponder

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Variants

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asunder

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Etymology

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Old English: asunder, apart, undone, from a- 'away from' + sondor 'separation'.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'asunder' appears in the King James Version of the Bible over 40 times.

2. In Middle English, 'asunder' was also used as a verb meaning 'to tear apart' or 'to rend'.

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Related Concepts

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1. Separation: The act or process of becoming or causing to be no longer united or connected. Synonyms include parting, dividing, and disuniting.

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Culture

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In literature, 'asunder' has been used to describe the separation of things or people, often in a dramatic or emotional context. For example, in Shakespeare's Hamlet, Ophelia sings 'Get thee to a nunnery. Go; farewell. I could not love thee though I could not be without thee. Dear Ophelia, I am your father.', and then exits 'asunder'.

How to Memorize "asunder"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine an object being broken into pieces or two things moving apart.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with the idea of separation or being torn apart.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic using the letters in 'asunder' such as 'Alligators Sometimes Underground Dig Earthen Rooms'.

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