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disunite

[ dis-yoo-nahyt ]

/ ˌdɪs yuˈnaɪt /

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verb (used with object), dis·u·nit·ed, dis·u·nit·ing.

to sever the union of; separate; disjoin.

to set at variance; alienate: The issue disunited the party members.

verb (used without object), dis·u·nit·ed, dis·u·nit·ing.

to part; fall apart.

Origin of disunite

First recorded in 1550–60; dis-¹ + unite¹

OTHER WORDS FROM disunite

dis·u·nit·er, noun

Words nearby disunite

disulphide, disulphuric acid, disunify, disunion, disunionist, disunite, disunity, disuse, disused, disutility, disvalue

Example sentences from the Web for disunite

The only way to keep us from setting up for ourselves is to disunite us.

Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 of 8 |Various
The object was to disunite the two brothers and excite jealousy between then.

The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete |Duc de Saint-Simon
Then a dispute arose as to the best means of continuing the pursuit, which threatened to disunite Fuller and Murphy.

Capturing a Locomotive |William Pittenger
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.

The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Complete |Jean Jacques Rousseau

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

The Land We Live In |Henry Mann

British Dictionary definitions for disunite

disunite

/ (ˌdɪsjʊˈnaɪt) /

verb

to separate or become separate; disrupt

(tr) to set at variance; estrange

Derived forms of disunite

disunion, noun disuniter, noun