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Synonyms for asunder

to pieces

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Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for asunder

widely separated especially in space

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into parts or pieces

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Now, Joe, examining this iron with a smith's eye, declared it to have been filed asunder some time ago.
They had to be burst asunder; they were burst asunder.
but his father kept a sharp watch over him; and, of course, insisted on every line that my master sent being shown; so, instead of penning his peculiar personal sufferings and distresses, the themes constantly uppermost in his thoughts, he harped on the cruel obligation of being held asunder from his friend and love; and gently intimated that Mr.
They have a kind of tree, which at forty years old loosens in the root, and falls with the first storm: it grows very straight, and being pointed like stakes with a sharp stone (for the HOUYHNHNMS know not the use of iron), they stick them erect in the ground, about ten inches asunder, and then weave in oat straw, or sometimes wattles, between them.
There was a moment of breathless suspense, then one bird loosed its hold and the huge block of stone hurtled through the air, but thanks to the presence of mind of the helmsman, who turned our ship violently in another direction, it fell into the sea close beside us, cleaving it asunder till we could nearly see the bottom.
The King saw at once that it was his own Queen, and immediately hewed asunder the iron chain that was fastened to the belt.
It is a historical fact that the British have been very faithful to their old colonial policy of 'divide and rule' by sowing seeds of dissension sometimes on tribal lines and at other times on religious beliefs or nationalistic aspirations with such ferocity and perfection that once they left, the colonies were torn asunder politically, geographically and socially.
We're all asunder A "fiver" a pint We often wonder On oches we stood Darts made us proud Every time we played Entertaining the crowd No more to play darts Doms or crib It's hard to recall If we ever did Peg-legs, the poets The Derby, The Bleak All oches we graced On Thursdays each week Tomorrow tomorrow Perhaps it's today When ale houses as such Have faded away!
The call was also for Eid Al-Fitr to be an opportunity to start a new chapter, settling all disputes, discords and wars tearing some parts of our Muslim world asunder. --SPA 23:23 LOCAL TIME 20:23 GMT 0027 www.spa.gov.sa/1931478
'Do we want to make the mistakes of the past and allow lies and falsehoods to preach extremism, hate and intolerance of race and religion to tear Malaysia asunder?
An apocalyptic road trip by foot, the author captures the teetering fears of a world asunder, and so minutely details Orpen's exhaustion and determination, you feel haggard and worn with her.
An apocalyptic road trip by foot, Davis-Goff captures the teetering fears of a world asunder, and so minutely details Orpen's exhaustion and determination, you feel haggard and worn with her.
With the health service falling asunder and the retirement age being pushed out til 70, the double grave might be seen by some as a good investment.
She lived and travelled in India through 1946047, photographing with an unflinching eye the horrors that were unfolding in a sub-continent torn asunder by an arbitrary line drawn by an Empire on whom the sun was setting.
With both main parties torn asunder and the Brexit fiasco looming, it doesn't seem to matter who becomes PM, as we slide inexorably towards world insignificance.