asunder

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++a·sun·der /əˈsʌndə $ -ər/ adverb literary be torn/split/rent etc asunder literary BREAKto be torn violently apart or destroyed 被扯裂，被撕裂 a nation torn asunder by internal conflicts 一个被内讧搞得四分五裂的国家

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asunder• If the momentum picks up, conventional politics could be torn asunder.• Let the Unionists expose themselves and rend one another asunder.• Smith and Bryant could not overcome their opponents' vivid word images of immigrant families split asunder.• In 1964, the Republican Party was torn asunder by the nomination of conservative Barry Goldwater.• All told, the cradle of civilization has been tearing asunder for some 30 million years.• Now their raging passions looked like tearing asunder one of the strongest rigs in the North Sea.Origin asunder Old English onsundran, from on “into” + sundran “parts”