disjoin
Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of disjoin
1475–85; Middle English disjoinen < Old French desjoindre < Latin disjungere, equivalent to dis- dis- 1 + jungere to join
Example Sentences
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"As the body metabolizes the rapamycin, the two fragments disjoin, deactivating the system."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2023
Nearly fifty years of wintry neglect and summer scorching had not availed to disjoin Harriet from organic dependence upon her mother.
From The Mettle of the Pasture by James Lane Allen
Thy name Shall be the copious matter of my song Henceforth, and never shall my heart thy praise Forget, nor from thy Father's praise disjoin.
From Paradise Lost by John Milton
Do not repay me my own coin, The sharp rebuke, the frown, the groan; No, stir my memory to disjoin Your emanation from my own.
From Georgian Poetry 1920-22 by Sir Edward Howard Marsh
"I may disjoin my hand, but not my faith."
From The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish by James Fenimore Cooper
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