a·sun·der
adverb/əˈsʌndə(r)/
/əˈsʌndər/
(old-fashioned or literary)- into pieces; apart
碎；散 - families rent/torn asunder by the revolution
这场革命所拆散的家庭
Oxford Collocations DictionaryAsunder is used with these verbs:- tear3
Word OriginOld English on sundran ‘in or into a separate place’; compare with sunder. - families rent/torn asunder by the revolution