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

Derived Forms

• disjoinable
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of disjoin

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

Example Sentences

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

From Science Daily • Sep. 21, 2023

"I conceived the subject as connected with you, and I will never disjoin the two ideas."

From The Last Chronicle of Barset by Trollope, Anthony

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

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 Marsh, Edward Howard, Sir

It was seen that if in some way the X chromosomes failed to disjoin in certain eggs, the exceptions could be explained.

From A Critique of the Theory of Evolution by Morgan, Thomas Hunt