ASUNDER Synonyms: 4 Similar and Opposite Words

asunder

adverb

ə-ˈsən-dər

Definition of asunder next

as in apart

into parts or pieces the environmental organization was torn asunder by bitter rivalries

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together

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of asunder There's just a pervasive sense of loss, of lives torn asunder for no particular reason, and a cast highly adept at delivering these punches. —

Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Jan. 2026 The world of customer-service sketch TikTok has been torn asunder after it was discovered that Hannah Brown (not that Hannah Brown) attended Kirk’s memorial service. —

Bethy Squires, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2025 This week, another late-night TV show was struck asunder, the Fed lowered interest rates and a new American Girl doll debuted. —

Holly J. Morris, NPR, 19 Sep. 2025 No engulfment, no tearing asunder. —

Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for asunder

Recent Examples of Synonyms for asunder

apart

Adverb

The fireworks find comes after a fire in a converted garage May 9 led to the detonation of pyrotechnics that reportedly blew a man’s body apart on the 2400 block of Ninth Avenue in the Jefferson Park area.

— City News Service, Daily News, 28 May 2026
Masters were meant to feed and clothe them, not to torture them, and not to sell a husband, wife and small children apart.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 May 2026