asunder

Adjective Satellite

widely separated especially in space
- "as wide asunder as pole from pole"

Adverb

Apart, or into pieces.
into parts or pieces
- "torn asunder"

Adv

Into separate parts or pieces.

Examples

His 98-point play tore my winning strategy asunder.
to crack asunder
to tear asunder

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English asunder, asondre, onsunder, on sondre, from Old English asundran, onsundrum (“asunder, apart, privately”), from Proto-Germanic *sunder, *sundraz. Equivalent to a- + sunder. Cognate with Danish sønder, Swedish sönder, Dutch zonder, German sonder, Icelandic sundur, Faroese sundur and Norwegian sunder/sønder; akin to Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍂𐍉 (sundrō).

Synonyms

apart, asunder, half and half, in sunder, in twain, piecemeal

Scrabble Score: 8

asunder: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
asunder: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
asunder: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

asunder: valid Words With Friends Word