/ əˈsʌndə(r); NAmE / adverb
( old-fashioned or literary ) into pieces; apart :
families rent / torn asunder by the revolution
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English on sundran in or into a separate place ; compare with sunder .
/ əˈsʌndə(r); NAmE / adverb
( old-fashioned or literary ) into pieces; apart :
families rent / torn asunder by the revolution
••
WORD ORIGIN
Old English on sundran in or into a separate place ; compare with sunder .
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005