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put asunder

put asunder verb: to sunder; disjoin; separate.

Verb

put asunder (third-person singular simple present puts asunder, present participle putting asunder, simple past and past participle put asunder)

  1. (ambitransitive) To sunder; disjoin; separate.
    • What therefore God hath ioyned together, let not man put asunder.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Mark 10:9
    • But when husband Hilton began to play too many games involving such expressions as "snake eyes," she fled into the arms of Michael Wilding, a handsome English prince who had himself been married once and put asunder but who was still in fine shape.1962 April 13, LIFE

Forms of put asunder

third-person singular presentputs asunder
present participleputting asunder
past participleput asunder
pastput asunder

Origin of put asunder

From put + asunder.

Questions about put asunder

What does put asunder mean?
Put asunder means to sunder; disjoin; separate.
What part of speech is put asunder?
Put asunder is a verb.
What is the past tense of put asunder?
The past tense of put asunder is put asunder.

Words near put asunder in the dictionary

  1. put an egg in one's shoe and beaten it
  2. put an end to
  3. put and take
  4. put around
  5. put aside
  6. put asunder
  7. put at ease
  8. put away
  9. put back
  10. put batteries in someone's back
  11. put before

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