Meaning of DISUNITE
| Pronunciation: | | `disyoo'nIt
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- [v] force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"
- [v] part; cease or break association with; "She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president"
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| | Synonyms: | | disassociate, disjoint, dissociate, divide, divorce, part, separate |
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| | See Also: | | break, break, break up, break up, bust, compartmentalise, compartmentalize, cut, cut up, disarticulate, disconnect, disjoin, disjoint, displace, gin, isolate, keep apart, move, part, polarise, polarize, rupture, separate, sequester, sequestrate, set apart, sever, snap, split, split up, tear | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Dis`u*nite"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disunited}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Disuniting}.]
1. To destroy the union of; to divide; to part; to sever; to
disjoin; to sunder; to separate; as, to disunite particles
of matter.
2. To alienate in spirit; to break the concord of.
Go on both in hand, O nations, never be disunited,
be the praise . . . of all posterity! --Milton.
\Dis`u*nite"\, v. i.
To part; to fall asunder; to become separated.
The joints of the body politic do separate and
disunite. --South.
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| | Related Terms: | | abrupt, aggravate, alien, alienate, cast off, cast out, come between, cut adrift, cut off, cut out, delete, depart, dichotomize, disaffect, disarticulate, disconnect, disengage, disjoin, disjoint, dissever, dissociate, disunify, divide, divorce, eject, estrange, expel, fan the flame, irritate, isolate, leave, light the fuse, make trouble, part, pit against, provoke, pull away, pull back, pull out, segregate, separate, sequester, set against, set apart, set aside, set at odds, set at variance, set on, shut off, sic on, sow dissension, split, stand aloof, stand apart, stand aside, step aside, stir up trouble, subtract, sunder, throw off, throw out, uncouple, unyoke, wean, withdraw |
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