disorganize
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
- disorganization noun
- disorganizer noun
Etymology
Origin of disorganize
1785–95; < French désorganiser, equivalent to dés- dis- 1 + organiser to organize
Example Sentences
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He was said to have bribed the Chairman of the Soviet Meat Trust, Professor Alexander Riazanzev, to "disorganize the Soviet food distribution system and promote wholesale famine in Russia."
From Time Magazine Archive
The verdict, the first against the Mafia as a criminal enterprise, was the most damaging blow to La Cosa Nostra struck by the Justice Department in its highly successful crusade to disorganize organized crime.
From Time Magazine Archive
It might disorganize Red China's industries and communications, notably coastal shipping.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Hostile forces are trying to create new centers of anarchy, disturb the rhythm of normal work in factories and disorganize the life of the country."
From Time Magazine Archive
It is, basically, a response to propaganda, something like the panic-producing pheromones that slave-taking ants re lease to disorganize the colonies of their prey.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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