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disjoin

American  
[dis-join] / dɪsˈdʒɔɪn /

verb (used with object)

  1. to undo or prevent the junction or union of; disunite; separate.

verb (used without object)

  1. to become disunited; separate.

disjoin British  
/ dɪsˈdʒɔɪn /

verb

  1. to disconnect or become disconnected; separate

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Origin of disjoin

1475–85; Middle English disjoinen < Old French desjoindre < Latin disjungere, equivalent to dis- dis- 1 + jungere to join

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Disjoin, dis-join′, or diz-, v.t. to separate what has been joined.—v.t.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

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