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Language: Old English
Origin: onsundran, from on 'into' + sundran 'parts'

asunder

 adverb
     
a‧sun‧der literary

be torn/split/rent etc asunder

to be torn violently apart or destroyed:
a nation torn asunder by internal conflicts
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