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sönder och samman

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Swedish

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Etymology

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sönder (broken) +‎ och (and) +‎ samman (together (as in having collapsed in on itself))

Adverb

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sönder och samman (not comparable)

  1. to an utterly destroyed state (sometimes hyperbolically)
    De slog honom sönder och samman
    They beat him to a pulp

References

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