as in to divide
to set or force apart
disjoined the two drinking glasses, which were stuck together, only with the greatest difficulty
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Recent Examples of disjoin
The Lions haven't looked this disjoined offensively since Week 1, the last time they were held to fewer than 30 points.
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Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2025
Suhaimi Abdullah/GettyImages Chelsea were 2-0 down inside 12 minutes against Die Roten with the Italian’s experienced side looking uncharacteristically disjoined without the ball for most of the game.
—SI.com, 5 Aug. 2017
Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2025
Suhaimi Abdullah/GettyImages Chelsea were 2-0 down inside 12 minutes against Die Roten with the Italian’s experienced side looking uncharacteristically disjoined without the ball for most of the game.
—SI.com, 5 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disjoin
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The proposal also has divided politicians within the Democratic Party.—
Queenie Wong,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
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Support for Ukraine has divided the GOP for years.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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By 58% to 42%, those surveyed said Americans were mostly separated by different values, not bound by shared ones.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
22 June 2026
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De la Espriella strikes reassuring tone With only a few hundred thousand votes separating the two candidates, De la Espriella used his victory speech to try to calm his critics.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
22 June 2026
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After a 1980s split with Fidel Castro cost him the Interior Ministry, Valdés returned to power in the 2000s, overseeing telecommunications, serving as vice president and helping recover Che Guevara’s remains.—
Andrea Rodriguez,
Los Angeles Times,
22 June 2026
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The delays were split nearly evenly, affecting 332 flights departing the Denver airport and 287 flights arriving, according to FlightAware.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
21 June 2026
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If time permits, lock your home upon departure and disconnect utilities and appliances.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 June 2026
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Get in the habit of disconnecting devices when you’re done using them.—
Karla Radka,
The Orlando Sentinel,
20 June 2026
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“Disjoin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disjoin. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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