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asunder
adverb /əˈsʌn.dər/
/-dɚ/ literaryDefinition
› into forcefully separated pieces: Their lives were torn asunder by the tragedy. → Synonym apart adverbTearing and breaking into pieces
(Definition of asunder adverb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- apart adverb (SEPARATED)
- bobble noun (THREAD)
- bobble verb
- break (sth) off phrasal verb (SEPARATE)
- breakage noun
- catch verb (STICK)
- fall apart phrasal verb (BREAK)
- fray verb (CLOTH)
- frayed adjective (CLOTH)
- in ribbons idiom
- knacker verb (BREAK)
- ladder noun (HOLE)
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