Pliny the Elder

Our forefathers regarded as a prodigy the passage of the Alps: first by Hannibal and, more recently, by the Cimbri; but at the present day, these very mountains are cut asunder to yield us a thousand different marbles; promontories are thrown open to the sea; and the face of Nature is being everywhere reduced to a level.

Roman Author

We trace out all the veins of the earth, and yet, living upon it, undermined as it is beneath our feet, are astonished that it should occasionally cleave asunder or tremble: as though, forsooth, these signs could be any other than expressions of the indignation felt by our sacred parent!

Alice Morse Earle

In the seventeenth century, the science of medicine had not wholly cut asunder from astrology and necromancy; and the trusting Christian still believed in some occult influences, chiefly planetary, which governed not only his crops but his health and life.

American Historian

Francis Bacon

The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together: so it is a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate.

English Philosopher

John F. Kennedy

Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners, and necessity has made us allies. Those whom God has so joined together, let no man put asunder.

American President

Jonathan Swift

Under this window in stormy weather I marry this man and woman together; Let none but Him who rules the thunder Put this man and woman asunder.

Irish Writer

Virginia Woolf

The beauty of the world, which is so soon to perish, has two edges, one of laughter, one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder.

British Author

Algernon Sidney

Everyone sees they cannot well live asunder, nor many together, without some rule to which all must submit.

English Politician

Charles Caleb Colton

Law and equity are two things which God has joined, but which man has put asunder.

English Writer

Used for emphasis in dramatic situations, often describes violent separation.

Dramatic Effect

Describes physical objects being split or broken forcefully.

Physical Breakage

Often used in narratives involving earthquakes, storms, or explosions.

Natural Disasters

Implies sudden dispersal due to panic or unplanned circumstances.

Chaos and Panic

Conveys a sense of force behind the separation into different directions.

Forceful Separation

Usually related to social or personal conflicts leading to ruin or downfall.

Conflict and Strife

Used metaphorically to describe the destruction of non-tangible entities.

Metaphorical Use

 The idea that though we are different, we must choose to be united, but now it's our turn. Our challenge is to come together to preserve our collective self-interest and humanity rather than tearing ourselves asunder.

Asunder