HOW TO PRONOUNCE
asunder
/əˈsʌndɚ/
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Give “sun” the strongest beat.
Use three syllables and a light opening vowel. Use the short uh vowel of strut on the middle beat, then finish with an unstressed r-colored vowel.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“The storm tore the old sail asunder.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does asunder mean?
adverb
- (archaic, literary) Apart or separate from each other.
More meanings (6)
adverb
- (archaic, literary) Moving apart from each other.
- (archaic, figuratively, literary) Into separate parts or pieces, often due to some violent action.
- (archaic, literary, obsolete) Apart from other people; individually, separately; specifically, in private, privately.
- (archaic, literary, obsolete) Chiefly in the form to know asunder: in a manner distinguishable from other similar things.
adjective
- (archaic, literary, obsolete) Different, unlike.
verb
- (archaic, literary) To set apart (one or more people or things) from other people or things; to put asunder, to separate, to sunder.
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IPA pronunciation
/əˈsʌndɚ/
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These instincts tear asunder the thin veils of culture and hypocrisy and expose to our gaze the dark sufferings of gaunt humanity.
"All the ground bursts asunder, and through the chinks the light penetrates into Tartarus, and startles the infernal king with his spouse."
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Ah, cut my lace asunder That my pent heart may have some scope to beat, Or else I swoon with this dead-killing news!
Part of the distance they rode in the car, and after disembarking, passed the Pontellier mansion, which looked broken and half torn asunder.
His arms were thrown asunder, his feet bare, and his thick, dirty toes were turned up at right angles and stuck out straight.