disunite
Etymology

From dis- + unite.

Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /dɪsjuːˈnaɪt/
Verb

disunite (disunites, present participle disuniting; simple past and past participle disunited)

  1. (transitive) To cause disagreement or alienation among or within.
    • 1863, Charles Reade, chapter 44, in Hard Cash:
      Secrets disunite a family.
  2. (transitive) To separate, sever, or split.
    • 1899, Robert Barr, chapter 16, in Jennie Baxter, Journalist:
      I have discovered how to disunite that force and that particle.
  3. (intransitive) To disintegrate; to come apart.
    • 1843, Robert Browning, A Blot In The 'Scutcheon, act I:
      You cannot bind me more to you, my lord.
      Farewell till we renew... I trust, renew
      A converse ne'er to disunite again.
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