DISAFFILIATES Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

disaffiliates

verb

present tense third-person singular of disaffiliate

as in disunites

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Rather than chart her full life, the Hindi-language film, starring Sneha Kumari in the title role, isolates a single 48-hour standoff in which 2,000 armed police and paramilitary personnel surrounded a village to capture her, then 17 years old.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026
The camera isolates everyone’s hands, the plating, and the micro-adjustments.

— Henry Metz, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026

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The debut novel from this English professor and pioneering feminist follows Mira, a suburban homemaker who chafes against patriarchal society, divorces her husband, enrolls in graduate school, and becomes an outspoken advocate for women’s rights.

— Michael Schaub, Oc Register, 25 June 2026
Victory disease divorces military excellence from political wisdom and strategic discipline.

— Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2026

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Nepali officials have said the floods were likely unleashed by a glacial collapse, which is when a large piece of ice, rock and debris suddenly detaches from a glacier on a mountain.

— Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2026
Protium detaches first at low temperatures, followed by deuterium, while tritium holds on the longest and requires the highest heat to release.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of detaches

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For Rivera, Friday’s sentencing will turn not only on the convictions returned by the jury but on how Damian resolves competing views of their seriousness and the sentencing guidelines that apply.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026
The finding resolves a long-running question about the material’s electrical behavior.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of resolves

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This natural process splits water molecules and steadily produces pure hydrogen gas within the surrounding rock formations.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026
An ice shelf, 400 miles wide, splits off from the glacier and starts floating toward Europe.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026

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