disunite
Americanverb (used with object)
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to sever the union of; separate; disjoin.
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to set at variance; alienate.
The issue disunited the party members.
verb (used without object)
verb
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to separate or become separate; disrupt
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(tr) to set at variance; estrange
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Origin of disunite
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After so long spent united by shared suffering, Rock argues – no, he preaches – that black people must disunite in order to disown the criminal minority among them.
From The Guardian ● May 24, 2012
Moscow dismissed it as an attempt "to disunite the Arab countries."
From Time Magazine Archive
"There are far more things that unite Britain and Russia," said Georgy Malenkov at an official dinner in Glasgow later, "than things that disunite us."
From Time Magazine Archive
Every Indian leader except Mohandas Gandhi had agreed that they could not unite, but could not agree how to disunite.
From Time Magazine Archive
In order to carry out the process of re-polishing with facility, it is necessary to disunite all the various parts, such as panels, carvings, etc., before commencing the operation.
From French Polishing and Enamelling A Practical Work of Instruction by Richard Bitmead
"Any dissolution of the coalition essentially would make the right of centre look brittle and fragile and disunited," he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026
It took the Romans about 45 years to take over most of England and Wales after they invaded in AD 43, arriving in a disunited land dominated by tribal leaders.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2024
We have entered another age of disunited nations, an era when mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2023
In early-1980s Britain, dub reggae melded with post-punk in eerie laments of a disunited kingdom, beleaguered by economic decline and interracial strife.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 8, 2023
They were like Milo’s disunited eyes, which never looked at the same thing at the same time.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Her heart drooped as she revolved the necessity of disuniting their fates; but that this disunion was proper could not admit of doubt.
From Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Charles Brockden Brown
Indra of a hundred sacrifices, assuming the form of a Brahmana, repaired to the capital of the king and meeting all the children succeeded in disuniting the princes.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
Instead of harmonizing, his actions had the constant effect of disuniting them.
From The Iron Rule Or, Tyranny in the Household by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
Oh, we're not tired of fighting yet, Nor ripe for disuniting yet!
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 2, August, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
Why may she not be induced to give up the hope of disuniting us, and, while she hates me, continue her affection for thee?
From Jane Talbot by Charles Brockden Brown
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