disunite
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Verb (2)disunited, disuniting
- part; cease or break association with“She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president”Synonyms: disassociatedissociatedivorcedisjointMore general separate, part
- force, take, or pull apart“He separated the fighting children”“Moses parted the Red Sea”Synonyms: separatedividepartMore general move, displaceMore specific cut, bore, tear, sever, sequester, disconnect, polarize, disjoint, gin, break +3 moreCauses separate, divide
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Dis′u·nite′ transitive verb [past tense & past participle Disunited; present participle & verbal noun 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!— John Milton
Dis′u·nite′ intransitive verb
To part; to fall asunder; to become separated.
The joints of the body politic do separate and disunite.— Robert South
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54