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dis⋅or⋅gan⋅ize
[dis-awr-guh-nahyz] 
gəˌnaɪz
–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing.
| to destroy the organization, systematic arrangement, or orderly connection of; throw into confusion or disorder. |
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| dis·or·gan·ize (dĭs-ôr'gə-nīz') tr.v. dis·or·gan·ized, dis·or·gan·iz·ing, dis·or·gan·iz·es To destroy the organization, systematic arrangement, or unity of. dis·or'gan·i·za'tion (-gə-nĭ-zā'shən) n. |
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Disorganize
Dis*or"gan*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disorganized; p. pr. & vb. n. Disorganizing.] [Pref. dis- + organize: cf. F. d['e]sorganiser.] To destroy the organic structure or regular system of (a government, a society, a party, etc.); to break up (what is organized); to throw into utter disorder; to disarrange. Lyford . . . attempted to disorganize the church. --Eliot (1809).
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disorganize
1793, from Fr. désorganiser, from dés- "not" + organiser "organize." This word and related forms introduced in Eng. in reference to the Fr. Revolution.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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