disaffiliate

verb

dis·​af·​fil·​i·​ate ˌdis-ə-ˈfi-lē-ˌāt How to pronounce disaffiliate (audio)
disaffiliated; disaffiliating; disaffiliates

intransitive verb

: to terminate an affiliation
disaffiliation noun

Examples of disaffiliate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In Arkansas, roughly onethird of all United Methodist congregations have either disaffiliated or disbanded in the past five years. Frank E. Lockwood, arkansasonline.com, 29 June 2024 In contrast, 1% of total churches disaffiliated in the two annual conferences that encompass California. Liam Adams, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024 But by another metric, the protests were successful: Columbia disaffiliated from the weapons think tank, the Institute for Defense Analyses, and scrapped the plans for the gym. Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 1 May 2024 The vote came during the denomination’s first General Conference in several years, and after a quarter of Methodist congregations in the United States disaffiliated, including hundreds in North Carolina alone. Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 1 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for disaffiliate 

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Word History

First Known Use

1863, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

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The first known use of disaffiliate was in 1863

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“Disaffiliate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disaffiliate. Accessed 7 Oct. 2024.

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