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
Racine has not placed and here to disjoin, but to unite.
From Delsarte System of Oratory by Various
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 Randolph, Thomas Jefferson
So Amaziah's bargain with the Israelites, when the Lord was not with them, is condemned by the prophet, admonishing him to disjoin himself from them, 2 Chron. xxv.
From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Shields, Alexander
Mrs. Prime, who, of the two, was the more logical, would not disjoin her personal and her scriptural hatreds.
From Rachel Ray by Trollope, Anthony
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