disaggregate

verb

dis·​ag·​gre·​gate (ˌ)dis-ˈa-gri-ˌgāt 

disaggregated; disaggregating; disaggregates

transitive verb

: to separate into component parts

disaggregate sandstone

disaggregate demographic data

intransitive verb

: to break up or apart

the molecules of a gel disaggregate to form a sol

disaggregation

(ˌ)dis-ˌa-gri-ˈgā-shən 

noun

disaggregative

(ˌ)dis-ˈa-gri-ˌgā-tiv 

adjective

Examples of disaggregate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But the past should not be disaggregated to serve a modern agenda; Russia was embedded in both Europe and Asia and was crucially shaped by its twentieth-century Cold War rivalry with the United States. — Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

Cusk’s final affront to the novel is to disaggregate it into unreconciled elements without making any concession to cohesion. — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026

Assembly Bill 2551 would require the California State University and request the University of California to provide annual data on student code of conduct violations during protests disaggregated by race and gender. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 13 Aug. 2026

In totality, Cisco’s efforts reflect a growing demand for comprehensive threat visibility, detection, and remediation across modern and disaggregated enterprise environments at machine speed. — Will Townsend, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1811, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Rhymes for disaggregate

• abbreviate
• accelerate
• accommodate
• accumulate
• acuminate
• adjudicate
• adulterate
• affiliate
• agglomerate
• agglutinate
• alleviate
• amalgamate

Medical Definition

disaggregate

verb

dis·​ag·​gre·​gate (ˈ)dis-ˈag-ri-ˌgāt 

disaggregated; disaggregating

transitive verb

: to separate into component parts

disaggregate polyribosomes

intransitive verb

: to break up or apart

the molecules of a gel disaggregate to form a sol

disaggregation

(ˌ)dis-ˌag-ri-ˈgā-shən 

noun