disunite
to sever the union of; separate; disjoin.
to set at variance; alienate: The issue disunited the party members.
to part; fall apart.
Origin of disunite
1Other words from disunite
- dis·u·nit·er, noun
Words Nearby disunite
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How to use disunite in a sentence
I am convinced that Court will never cease endeavoring to disunite us.
I presume attempts have been made to disunite them, and that I have been made use of to inspire one of the two with jealousy.
The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Complete | Jean Jacques RousseauThen a dispute arose as to the best means of continuing the pursuit, which threatened to disunite Fuller and Murphy.
Capturing a Locomotive | William PittengerMahometans are united, because the only points that could disunite them relate generally to fact and not to doctrinal truths.
The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. II (2 vols) | Thomas De QuinceyAdams had written about the same time that "the only way to keep us from setting up for ourselves is to disunite us."
The Land We Live In | Henry Mann
British Dictionary definitions for disunite
/ (ˌdɪsjʊˈnaɪt) /
to separate or become separate; disrupt
(tr) to set at variance; estrange
Derived forms of disunite
- disunion, noun
- disuniter, noun
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