disarticulate

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

|Updated on: 12 Jun 2018

Definition of disarticulate

intransitive verb

: to become disjointed

transitive verb

: disjoint

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disarticulation

play \-ˌti-kyə-ˈlā-shən\ noun

Recent Examples of disarticulate from 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, "Oldest Cancer Case in Central America Discovered," 30 May 2017
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, "Oldest Cancer Case In Central America Discovered," 30 May 2017
Dependency theorists have often used the words distorted or disarticulated or deformed to describe dependent economies.

— bruce sterling, WIRED, "The literally underground economy," 4 Dec. 2012

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