Definition of "asunder"

asunder

/əˈsʌndə/

adverb
comparative more asunder, superlative most asunder
1. (archaic, literary) Into separate parts or pieces.
  Quotations
  Page. I warrant you, he’s the man should fight with him.Robert Shallow. […] It appears so by his weapons. Keep them asunder:
  c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act III, scene i]
  Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Psalms 2:3
  He desired I would stand like a Colossus, with my Legs as far asunder as I conveniently could.
  1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], (please specify |part=I to IV), page 57
  On both of those occasions, he came back to the fire with the inexplicable air upon him which I had remarked, without being able to define, when we were so far asunder.
  1866, Charles Dickens, The Signal-Man‎
  You don't want to hurt me, but see how deep the bullet lies. Unaware that I'm tearing you asunder. There is thunder in our hearts.
  1985, Kate Bush (lyrics and music), “Running Up That Hill”