to disjoin
- verb
- /dɪsˈdʒɔɪn/
- One nontrivial criterion for judging a proper artwork can be found in the principle of "organic unity." As Aristotle once defined it, an organic unity exists when the parts of a whole are "so closely connected that the transposition or withdrawal of any one of them will disjoin and dislocate the whole."
Examples
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Then I disjoin the machine from the domain, Sysprep it with my unattend.xml file, and capture an image to my WDS server.
Blog text (19) -
So there is this disjoining pressure that people sometimes use.
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"The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time; the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them."
Blog text (22) -
By "socialism," I mean a society unmistakably disjoined from capitalism, which is to say, disconnected from the very idea of economic determinism.
Academic text (1992) -
The technician had to disjoin the two cables to fix the connection issue.
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When the team decided to disjoin their efforts, they realized they could work more effectively on their own.
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It is important to disjoin the pieces before washing the toys to prevent damage.
Synonyms
End a relationship or go separate ways
To break into parts or pieces
To separate and move in different directions after being together
To keep one thing apart from another so they do not mix
To separate something so it is no longer joined, for example remove a cable or turn off power
To stop being part of or connected to something
Take something apart into separate pieces
To make a piece come away from something by hitting or bending it
To come apart from something it is connected to
To disconnect two things that are joined, often machine parts
Disconnect parts that were joined so they work independently
Take bones or meat apart at the joints
To cause people or groups to separate
To free something twisted and knotted, like a cord
To cut or separate something into parts, often by breaking it
To release something that is tied or fastened so it can move away
To separate something from what it is connected to
To separate parts so they are no longer connected
To separate a company into independent businesses
To separate things that are twisted together, like cables or yarn
To divide something into separate parts
To untangle threads or cords that are twisted together
To divide a space with a wall or curtain to make a new area
Antonyms
How Joined
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Disjoin comes from the prefix dis- meaning 'apart' and the word join meaning 'to connect'. So, to disjoin is to take things 'apart' that were joined, which is why it means to separate or disconnect things.