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One ever feels his twoness - an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder.
W. E. B. Du Bois

Meaning of "asunder" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ASUNDER

Old English on sundran apart.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ASUNDER

asunder  [əˈsʌndə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ASUNDER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Asunder can act as an adjective and an adverb.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES ASUNDER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Asunder

Asunder is a GTK+-based CD-ripping program that works on Linux. It doesn't have dependencies for GNOME libraries. The first version was released in January 2005, after that development stopped, and restarted again in the Summer of 2007. Asunder is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License, and is thus free software.

Definition of asunder in the English dictionary

The definition of asunder in the dictionary is in or into parts or pieces; apart.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ASUNDER


blunder
ˈblʌndə
chunder
ˈtʃʌndə
dissunder
dɪsˈsʌndə
dunder
ˈdʌndə
floribunda
ˌflɔːrɪˈbʌndə
funder
ˈfʌndə
hereunder
ˌhɪərˈʌndə
osmunda
ɒzˈmʌndə
plunder
ˈplʌndə
refunder
rɪˈfʌndə
rotunda
rəʊˈtʌndə
sunder
ˈsʌndə
thereunder
ˌðɛərˈʌndə
thunder
ˈθʌndə
under
ˈʌndə
upthunder
ʌpˈθʌndə
Vivekananda
ˌviːvɪkəˈnʌndə
wakanda
weɪˈkʌndə
whereunder
ˈwɛərˌʌndə
wonder
ˈwʌndə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ASUNDER

astucity
astun
Asturian
Asturias
astute
astutely
astuteness
Astyanax
astylar
asudden
Asur
ASV
ASW
Aswan
Aswan Dam
Aswan High Dam
aswarm
asway
aswim
aswing

WORDS THAT END LIKE ASUNDER

Alexander
all-rounder
blood-and-thunder
bounder
cofounder
compounder
down under
echo sounder
flounder
founder
go under
grounder
launder
over-under
pull the rug out from under
quarter-pounder
rounder
sit under
sounder
steal someone´s thunder
wounder

Synonyms and antonyms of asunder in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ASUNDER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «asunder» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of asunder
apart · rent · to bits · torn

Translation of «asunder» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ASUNDER

Find out the translation of asunder to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of asunder from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «asunder» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

四分五裂
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

separe
570 millions of speakers

English

asunder
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

asunder
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اربا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

разлучает
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

em pedaços
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পরস্পর বিচ্ছিন্ন হইয়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

en morceaux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tertutup
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

auseinander
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

バラバラに
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

산산이
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Asunder
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xa ra
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

துண்டாய்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अलिप्त
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

parça parça
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

a pezzi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rozdziela
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

розлучає
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bucăți
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κάμνουν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

uitmekaar
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sönder
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stykker
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of asunder

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ASUNDER»

The term «asunder» is regularly used and occupies the 68.597 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ASUNDER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «asunder» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «asunder» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about asunder

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7 QUOTES WITH «ASUNDER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word asunder.
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Francis Bacon
The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together: so it is a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate.
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W. E. B. Du Bois
An American, a Negro... two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder.
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W. E. B. Du Bois
One ever feels his twoness - an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder.
4
Alice Morse Earle
In the seventeenth century, the science of medicine had not wholly cut asunder from astrology and necromancy; and the trusting Christian still believed in some occult influences, chiefly planetary, which governed not only his crops but his health and life.
5
John F. Kennedy
Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners, and necessity has made us allies. Those whom God has so joined together, let no man put asunder.
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Algernon Sidney
Everyone sees they cannot well live asunder, nor many together, without some rule to which all must submit.
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Jonathan Swift
Under this window in stormy weather I marry this man and woman together; Let none but Him who rules the thunder Put this man and woman asunder.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ASUNDER»

Discover the use of asunder in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to asunder and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Asunder
In the second book of Jodi Meadows's Incarnate trilogy, Ana discovers the truth about reincarnation and will have to find a way to embrace love and make her young life meaningful. asunder explores the beauty and shadowed depths of the soul ...
Jodi Meadows, 2013
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Asunder
When she begins to feel restless in her job as a museum guard, Marie takes a trip to Paris, where, with the arrival of an uninvited guest and an unexpected encounter, her world is torn open.
Chloe Aridjis, 2013
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Dragon Age: Asunder
Return to the dark fantasy world created for the award-winning, triple platinum game, Dragon Age™: Origins in this third tie-in novel!
David Gaider, 2011
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Torn Asunder Workbook: Recovering From an Extramarital Affair
Why did you do it? The Torn Asunder workbook is built around daily twenty-minute homework exercises, initiated by each spouse on alternating days for ten to fifteen weeks.
David M. Carder, 2008
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Asunder
Chosen for the National Poetry Series by Garrett Hongo, Susan Wood's Asunder reveals a grown woman and fully mature poet facing grief and loss, longing and desire, and asking the questions with which we all must grapple: How does one go on ...
Susan Wood, 2001
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By Schism Rent Asunder
The world has changed.
David Weber, 2008
7
Asunder
The unforgettable stories in Robert Lopez’s Asunder vary in length and style, but all of them devastate, all constantly cross the boundaries between poetry and prose.
Robert Lopez, 2013
8
Torn Asunder: Recovering from an Extramarital Affair
There is hope for recovery from the devastation of extramarital affairs. In Torn Asunder, Dave Carder provides an overall recovery process from sexual and non-sexual affairs.
Dave Carder, 2008
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Vampire Apocalypse: A World Torn Asunder
Now, as circumstances force them to take the offensive, and accompanied by a small group of professional Vampire assassins, John will make one last stand for humanity's survival in the Vampire Apocalypse.
Derek Gunn, 2006
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Torn Asunder
Fraught with scenes of explicit intimacy, romantic spells and mystical shapeshifting, Torn Asunder is a unique blending of the age of manners with sexual magic.
Kiki Howell, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ASUNDER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term asunder is used in the context of the following news items.
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Angela Merkel has a red and a yellow button. One ends the crisis …
... banks and insolvent states (beginning with Greece, moving to Ireland, to Portugal and continuing until Italy and Spain were torn asunder). «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
True North Leaders: Antidote to the Leadership Crisis
... and other companies -- ripped the business world asunder. When Congress passed Sarbanes-Oxley to reform corporate governance in 2003 ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
3
Soft-headed tolerance
The biblical definition of marriage is that it is between one man and one woman for life: "What God has joined together, let no man put asunder. «NWAOnline, Jul 15»
4
Nothing in politics is an accident
... and splitting them all asunder. If so, somebody will undoubtedly put up bronze statues to Messrs Tsipras and Varoufakis. Greece will stay in ... «Open Democracy, Jul 15»
5
The Great Mascot Debate: Naselle Comets
Now, even a casual reference to thunder makes me think of 40 years of history torn asunder. Simply put, the OKC Thunder are an abomination ... «Longview Daily News, Jul 15»
6
The misery of being Filipino
He is divided between his glorious past and his meager present, between his Eastern mentality and his European aspiration—torn asunder by ... «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»
7
Stream to Scream: “MADHOUSE” (1974)
... his life torn asunder by tragedies that are ripped from his most famous films. A tale of madness, murder and manipulation, MADHOUSE gives ... «FANGORIA, Jul 15»
8
'We are the Jesus Movement' - TEC Presiding Bishop-elect
What God has brought together, let no one tear asunder. Some of us are labelled traditionalists—Help me, Jesus! Ready? And some of us are ... «Anglicannews, Jul 15»
9
Letter: Finds reactions to court ruling quite perplexing
But then I had a thought. The Bible says that “what God has joined together let no man put asunder.” I believe that is in reference to marriage. «Asheville Citizen-Times, Jul 15»
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10 Things You can Do to Save Your Family and Change the World
What God has joined together, man can not put asunder. Go into marriage with the knowledge that this person is your life's partner, the only one ... «Patheos, Jul 15»

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