deunite
deunite verb: to un-unite something; to separate what had become united.
Verb
deunite (third-person singular simple present deunites, present participle deuniting, simple past and past participle deunited)
- To un-unite something; to separate what had become united.
- But people united by the prospect of profit can be deunited by either a prospect of no profit or a promise of greater profit from another source .1991, Jon H. Huer, The Wages of Sin: America's Dilemma of Profit Against Humanity, page 29
- Josef Stalin deunited the Checheno-Ingush republic in 1944, and exiled immense numbers of Chechens and Ingushetians for their supposed collusion with the Nazis.2003, Paul K. Davis, Besieged: 100 Great Sieges from Jericho to Sarajevo, page 360
Forms of deunite
| third-person singular present | deunites |
|---|---|
| present participle | deuniting |
| past participle | deunited |
| past | deunited |
Origin of deunite
From de- + unite.
Questions about deunite
- What does deunite mean?
- Deunite means to un-unite something; to separate what had become united.
- What part of speech is deunite?
- Deunite is a verb.
- What is the past tense of deunite?
- The past tense of deunite is deunited.
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