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disunite

[ dis-yoo-nahyt ]

verb (used with object)

, dis·u·nit·ed, dis·u·nit·ing.
  1. to sever the union of; separate; disjoin.
  2. to set at variance; alienate:

    The issue disunited the party members.



verb (used without object)

, dis·u·nit·ed, dis·u·nit·ing.
  1. to part; fall apart.

disunite

/ ˌdɪsjʊˈnaɪt /

verb

  1. to separate or become separate; disrupt
  2. tr to set at variance; estrange


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Derived Forms

  • disˈunion, noun
  • ˌdisuˈniter, noun

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Other Words From

  • disu·niter noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of disunite1

First recorded in 1550–60; dis- 1 + unite 1

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Example Sentences

I am convinced that Court will never cease endeavoring to disunite us.

I presume attempts have been made to disunite them, and that I have been made use of to inspire one of the two with jealousy.

Then a dispute arose as to the best means of continuing the pursuit, which threatened to disunite Fuller and Murphy.

Mahometans are united, because the only points that could disunite them relate generally to fact and not to doctrinal truths.

Adams had written about the same time that "the only way to keep us from setting up for ourselves is to disunite us."

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