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disjoint

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of disjoint

1 to set or force apart
  • disjointed the parts of a chicken for frying
Synonyms of disjoint

break up, disassociate, disconnect, disjoin, dissever, dissociate, disunite, divide, divorce, part, ramify, resolve, separate, sever, split, sunder, uncouple, unlink, unyoke
Words Related to disjoint

break down, decompose, disassemble, disintegrate, dissolve

bisect, cleave, dissect, halve, partition, quarter, segment, subdivide, trisect

break, fracture, pull, rend, rift, rip, rive, rupture, tear

cut off, insulate, isolate, seclude, segregate, sequester

detach, disengage, disentangle, unravel, untie
Near Antonyms of disjoint

assemble, associate, blend, combine, mingle, mix

connect, couple

accumulate, agglutinate, attach, bind, cement, close, fasten, fuse, knit, stick, weld
Antonyms of disjoint

join, link, unify, unite
2 to undo the proper order or arrangement of
  • The author deliberately disjoints his narrative in favor of a more impressionistic account of the war.
Synonyms of disjoint

confuse, derange, disarrange, disarray, discompose, dishevel, dislocate, disorder, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, hash, jumble, mess (up), mix (up), muddle, muss, rumple, scramble, shuffle, tousle, tumble, upset
Words Related to disjoint

embroil, entangle, snarl, tangle

agitate, perturb, stir (up), unsettle

clutter
Near Antonyms of disjoint

align (also aline), line, line up, queue

classify, codify, methodize, systematize, systemize

adjust, fix

groom, make up, spruce (up)

unscramble
Antonyms of disjoint

arrange, array, dispose, draw up, marshal (also marshall), order, organize, range, regulate, straighten (up), tidy

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