disincorporate

[dis-in-kawr-puh-reyt]

dis·in·cor·po·rate

[dis-in-kawr-puh-reyt] verb, dis·in·cor·po·rat·ed, dis·in·cor·po·rat·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to remove from an incorporated state or status.
verb (used without object)
2.
to become removed from an incorporated state or status.

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Disincorporate has a plethora of syllables.
So is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Does it mean:
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.

Origin:
1690–1700; dis-1 + incorporate1

dis·in·cor·po·ra·tion, noun
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