in twain

English

Adverb

in twain

1. in halves; into two parts; asunder

   When the masked stranger hew with his axe, the baker's head did split in twain and his body fell like a lump to the ground in turn.

   • Kif Kroker from the series Futurama, in the episode Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch

     ...shortly, it will renne my loins in twain, burst forth, and pull us down, down, down into the deep, dark waters of commitment.

   • Dryden

     When old winder split the rocks in twain.

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