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

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

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 Allen, James Lane

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 Milton, John

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

When these irritative motions are disturbed, if the degree be not very great, the exertion of voluntary attention to any other object, or any sudden sensation, will disjoin these new habits of motion.

From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus