disarticulate

verb

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dis·ar·tic·u·late | \ ˌdis-är-ˈti-kyə-ˌlāt

disarticulated; disarticulating; disarticulates

Definition of disarticulate

intransitive verb

: to become disjointed

transitive verb

: disjoint

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Recent Examples on the Web Only two sets of human remains were uncovered at the burial site (though Linares also wrote that other disarticulated human bones were found throughout the refuse). — Jackson Landers, Smithsonian, 30 May 2017 Dependency theorists have often used the words distorted or disarticulated or deformed to describe dependent economies. — Bruce Sterling, WIRED, 4 Dec. 2012

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