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RELATED WORDS : apart break apart come apart drift apart fall apart keep keep abreast keep alive keep an eye on keep at it keep away keep back keep books keep company keep down keep faith keep from keep going keep guard keep house keep in keep in line keep in mind keep in sight keep in touch keep mum keep note keep off keep on keep one's distance keep one's eyes off keep one's eyes open keep one's eyes peeled keep one's eyes skinned keep one's hands off keep one's mouth shut keep one's nose to the grindstone keep one's shoulder to the wheel keep open keep out keep pace keep quiet keep score keep step keep tabs on keep the peace keep to oneself keep up know apart pick apart poles apart set apart stand apart take apart taking apart tear apart tease apart tell apart worlds apart

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Verb keep apart has 1 sense

• keep apart(v = verb.change) isolate, sequester, sequestrate, set apart - set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"
is one way to disunite, divide, part, separate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

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keep apart

Disjunction

VB be disjoined, come off, fall off, come to pieces, fall to pieces, peel off, get loose, disjoin, disconnect, disengage, disunite, dissociate, dispair, divorce, part, dispart, detach, separate, cut off, rescind, segregate, set apart, keep apart, insulate, isolate, throw out of gear, cut adrift, loose, unloose, undo, unbind, unchain, unlock, unpack, unravel, disentangle, set free, sunder, divide, subdivide, sever, dissever, abscind, circumcise, cut, incide, incise, saw, snip, nib, nip, cleave, rive, rend, slit, split, splinter, chip, crack, snap, break, tear, burst, rend, rend asunder, rend in twain, wrench, rupture, shatter, shiver, cranch, crunch, craunch, chop, cut up, rip up, hack, hew, slash, whittle, haggle, hackle, discind, lacerate, scamble, mangle, gash, hash, slice, cut up, carve, dissect, anatomize, dislimb, take to pieces, pull to pieces, pick to pieces, tear to pieces, tear to tatters, tear piecemeal, tear limb from limb, divellicate, skin, disintegrate, dismember, disbranch, disband, disperse, dislocate, disjoint, break up, mince, comminute, apportion, part, part company, separate, leave.

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