to desynchronize

8.6

Make things that were at the same time happen at different times

verb
/ˌdiːˈsɪŋkrəˌnaɪz/

Specialized

: desincronizar

During the power outage, the automated systems desynchronized, causing delays in operations.

Examples

My partner and I are still getting the bug where we desynchronize from the server and can't participate in instances together.

Blog text (22)
The past is not observable, but "memorable," and thus desynchronizes third-person discourse at the level of truth and in the strategies of storytelling.

Academic text (1991)
It was a mix of talkie and silent because they hadn't figured out how to print the soundtrack on the film itself yet, and the wax disks would desynchronize after a bit.

Blog text (33)
The software update may desynchronize your audio and video settings, making them out of sync during playback.
If the clocks desynchronize, there will be chaos in the schedule for our meeting.

Synonyms

to dephase

vsto desynchronize

Specialized

1 9.9

Make waves or signals lose their timing so they stop working together

covers events and processes that occur at different or unrelated times

Antonyms

to synchronize

49 4.7

To make two or more things happen at the same time

How Synchronized

to resynchronize

6.6

to synchronize

49 4.7

to desynchronize

Specialized

8.6

Surface Forms

desynchronize infinitive

desynchronized past

desynchronized past participle

desynchronizing present participle

desynchronizes third person singular

Morphology

desynchronize = synchronize (transparent) = de + synchron + ize

For learners who know 'synchronize', the prefix 'de-' clearly signals reversal or loss of that state.

Etymology

Desynchronize breaks into de- meaning 'undo' and synchronize (seen in the short form sync), where syn- means 'together' and chron- means 'time'. So, to desynchronize is to undo being 'at the same time' and make things happen at different or unrelated times.