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

Whoever, therefore, violates these conditions does ipso facto disjoin himself from me.

From The English Church in the Eighteenth Century by Charles J. (Charles John) Abbey

I maintain, that in the 2d antist: you do disjoin Nature and the world, and contrary to your conduct in the 2d strophe.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas

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

Only one course, therefore, was left: and that was to disjoin the regal title from the regal prerogatives.

From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay

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