asunder
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His legacy was torn asunder by the Great Depression.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
“The psychological, intellectual, and cultural fabric necessary for a thriving academic community has been torn asunder, and it will take years, if not generations, to mend.”
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 19, 2023
No one defies a fancy British man who warns that “golf will be split asunder in perpetuity” a second time.
From Slate ● Jul. 11, 2023
But now — here’s that phrase that signals a change in fortunes — but now, what man hath joined by steel I-beams, climate change may put asunder.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2023
And on the ground beside her, when Joe picked her up, was a convict’s leg-iron which had been filed asunder.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
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