əˈsəndə(r) adverb (or adjective)
Etymology: Middle English asonder, asunder, from Old English onsundran, onsundrum, from on + sundran, sundrum apart, from sunder, sundor apart, separate — more at sunder
1. : into parts : into different pieces
the American constitutional fabric would be torn asunder — H.S.Commager
2. : apart from each other in position
as wide asunder as pole and pole — J.A.Froude
3. : distinct from each other in kind, quality, or nature
I do not know their faces asunder — Thomas Gray
their philosophies are poles asunder