asunder
/əˈsʌndə
/adverb archaic or literary
Apart: those whom God hath joined together let no man put asunder...
- It is an issue that threatens to tear asunder the world-wide Anglican Communion and it may even cause a split in the Church of Ireland, both North and South.
- In recent months, lifelong friendships have been torn asunder.
- There is nothing, nothing in the world, which will tear us asunder!
Synonyms
apart, up, in two;
into pieces, to pieces, to bits, to shreds
Origin
Old English on sundran 'in or into a separate place'; compare with sunder.