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tear asunder

VERB
cleave
Synonyms
STRONGEST
hew sunder
STRONG
carve chop crack cut dissect dissever disunite divorce hack open part pierce rend rip rive separate sever slice stab whack
Antonyms
STRONG
close combine connect join marry mend sew unite
WEAK
meld

Example Sentences

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But what the Legislature put together, opponents attempted to tear asunder.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 9, 2022

Or, alternate thought: Even such a beautiful, loving, nuanced thing as a marriage that only death could tear asunder can get trounced in a feelings pageant against new love.

From Washington Post • Apr. 3, 2022

Denton’s professed goal was to tear asunder the establishment’s secret arrangements and self-dealing, to explode hypocrisies.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 11, 2016

I believe the foundation is more solid this time, and I have much more trust in general manager Jerry Dipoto to solidify rather than tear asunder, than I ever did with Jack Zduriencik.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 5, 2016

Di, dis—asunder, away; as, di-lacerate, to tear asunder; dis-miss, to send away.

From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Kirkham, Samuel