disjoin

American  

[dis-join] / dɪsˈdʒɔɪn /

verb (used with object)

1. to undo or prevent the junction or union of; disunite; separate.

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verb (used without object)

1. to become disunited; separate.

disjoin British  

/ dɪsˈdʒɔɪn /

verb

1. to disconnect or become disconnected; separate

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Other Word Forms

• disjoinable adjective

Etymology

Origin of disjoin

1475–85; Middle English disjoinen < Old French desjoindre < Latin disjungere, equivalent to dis- dis- ¹ + jungere to join

Example Sentences

"As the body metabolizes the rapamycin, the two fragments disjoin, deactivating the system."

From Science Daily • Sep. 21, 2023

These linguistic concretions are enough to show how hard it is for primitive thought to disjoin what is joined fast in the world of everyday experience.

From Anthropology by Marett, R. R. (Robert Ranulph)

It was seen that if in some way the X chromosomes failed to disjoin in certain eggs, the exceptions could be explained.

From A Critique of the Theory of Evolution by Morgan, Thomas Hunt

Nearly fifty years of wintry neglect and summer scorching had not availed to disjoin Harriet from organic dependence upon her mother.

From The Mettle of the Pasture by Allen, James Lane

Jefferson said: The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time; the hand of freedom may destroy, but cannot disjoin them.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady