adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
split
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One ... could hardly speak; one sat and thought, yet could not think ... the trees split asunder .
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Smith and Bryant could not overcome their opponents' vivid word images of immigrant families split asunder .
tear
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If the momentum picks up, conventional politics could be torn asunder .
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In 1964, the Republican Party was torn asunder by the nomination of conservative Barry Goldwater.
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Now their raging passions looked like tearing asunder one of the strongest rigs in the North Sea.
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All told, the cradle of civilization has been tearing asunder for some 30 million years.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All told, the cradle of civilization has been tearing asunder for some 30 million years.
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If the momentum picks up, conventional politics could be torn asunder .
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In 1964, the Republican Party was torn asunder by the nomination of conservative Barry Goldwater.
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Let the Unionists expose themselves and rend one another asunder .
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Now their raging passions looked like tearing asunder one of the strongest rigs in the North Sea.
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Smith and Bryant could not overcome their opponents' vivid word images of immigrant families split asunder .