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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. widely separated especially in space;
- Example: "as wide asunder as pole from pole"


ADVERB (1)

1. into parts or pieces;
- Example: "he took his father's watch apart"
- Example: "split apart"
- Example: "torn asunder"
[syn: apart, asunder]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Asunder \A*sun"der\, adv. [Pref. a- + sunder.]
   Apart; separate from each other; into parts; in two;
   separately; into or in different pieces or places.
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         I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder.
                                                  --Zech. xi.
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         As wide asunder as pole and pole.        --Froude.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

asunder
    adv 1: into parts or pieces; "he took his father's watch apart";
           "split apart"; "torn asunder" [syn: apart, asunder]
    adj 1: widely separated especially in space; "as wide asunder as
           pole from pole"