disarticulate
verb
dis·ar·tic·u·late
ˌdis-är-ˈti-kyə-ˌlāt 
disarticulated; disarticulating; disarticulates
: to become disjointed
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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).
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Jackson Landers, Smithsonian, 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, 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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Jackson Landers, Smithsonian, 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, 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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“Disarticulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disarticulate. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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