disjoin

American  

[dis-join] / dɪsˈdʒɔɪn /

verb (used with object)

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

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verb (used without object)

1. to become disunited; separate.

disjoin British  

/ dɪsˈdʒɔɪn /

verb

1. to disconnect or become disconnected; separate

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Other Word Forms

• disjoinable
  adjective

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Etymology

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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Example Sentences

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disjoin

"As the body metabolizes the rapamycin, the two fragments disjoin, deactivating the system."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2023

The second signal sounds, the troop divides In three distinguish'd parts, with three distinguish'd guides Again they close, and once again disjoin; In troop to troop oppos'd, and line to line.

From The Aeneid English by Virgil

The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time: the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 by Thomas Jefferson Randolph

Uncouple, un-kup′l, v.t. to loose from being coupled: to disjoin: to set loose.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Mrs. Prime, who, of the two, was the more logical, would not disjoin her personal and her scriptural hatreds.

From Rachel Ray by Anthony Trollope

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