be torn asunder
1And All My Dreams, Torn Asunder — Infobox Television episode Title = And All My Dreams, Torn Asunder Series = Babylon 5 Caption = Season = 5 Episode = 16 Airdate = 10 June 1998 Production = 517 Writer = J. Michael Straczynski Director = Goran Gajic Guests = Thomas MacGreevy… …
2asunder — a|sun|der [əˈsʌndə US ər] adv literary [: Old English; Origin: onsundran, from on into + sundran parts ] be torn/split/rent etc asunder to be torn violently apart or destroyed ▪ a nation torn asunder by internal conflicts …
3asunder — adverb be torn asunder literary to be broken violently into many pieces: The boat was torn asunder on the rocks …
4asunder — [[t]əsʌ̱ndə(r)[/t]] ADV: ADV after v If something tears or is torn asunder, it is violently separated into two or more parts or pieces. [LITERARY] ...a dress rent asunder from shoulder to hem... The debate is tearing Wall Street asunder …
5asunder — adverb or adjective Date: 14th century 1. into parts < torn asunder > 2. apart from each other in position < wide asunder > …
6asunder — adverb, literary the fabric of society may be torn asunder Syn: apart, up, in two; to pieces, to shreds, to bits …
7asunder — [adv] apart; into pieces disconnected, disjoined, divided, in half, loose, separated, split, torn, to shreds; concept 785 Ant. together …
8asunder — adv 1. into pieces, to pieces, all to pieces, to bits, to shreds, Inf. to smithereens; in half, in two, in twain, into separate pieces or parts. 2. apart, far apart, wide apart, wide away, away, widely separated. adj 3. separated, disjoint,… …
9asunder — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adv. apart (See disjunction, distance). II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [In pieces] Syn. apart, in two, in half, in pieces, into pieces, to shreds, in bits and pieces, into bits and pieces, dismantled,… …
10un|torn — «uhn TRN, TOHRN», adjective. not torn; not rent or forced asunder …