3 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Asunder \A*sun"der\, adverb [Pref. a- + sunder.]
Apart; separate from each other; into parts; in two;
separately; into or in different pieces or places.
I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder.
--Zech. xi.
10.
As wide asunder as pole and pole. --Froude.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
asunder
adjective: widely separated especially in space; "as wide asunder as
pole from pole" [syn: {asunder(p)}]
adverb: into parts or pieces; "he took his father's watch apart";
"split apart"; "torn asunder" [syn: {apart}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
49 Moby Thesaurus words for "asunder":
adrift, all to pieces, apart, apart from, aside from,
at a distance, away, away from, bipartite, by two, dichotomous,
discontinuous, discrete, distal, distant, distinct, divergent,
exotic, far, far off, faraway, fifty-fifty, half-and-half, in half,
in halves, in the abstract, in twain, in two, incoherent, insular,
long-distance, long-range, noncohesive, one by one, partitioned,
piecemeal, remote, removed, separate, separated, separately,
severally, sky-high, to shreds, unassociated, unattached,
unattended, unconnected, unjoined
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