DISJOINTS Synonyms: 144 Similar and Opposite Words

disjoints

verb

present tense third-person singular of disjoint

as in divides

to set or force apart disjoint the parts of a chicken for frying

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as in disrupts

to undo the proper order or arrangement of the author deliberately disjoints his narrative in favor of a more impressionistic account of the war

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Verb

What unites us as Americans is far greater than what divides us.

— Marc Andersen, Fortune, 30 June 2026
What divides them is the type of finance work being transformed.

— Aswin Saravanan, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026

Definition of divides

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Taken together, the deals show a company trying to remake itself from a Gulf oil producer into a global energy heavyweight — a push that looks more important than ever as the Iran war disrupts its home market.

— semafor.com, semafor.com, 7 July 2026
The gardeners rake these in twice a day to keep the sand flies away—the insects lay their eggs in moist, undisturbed sand, so regularly turning it disrupts their breeding ground.

— Ariel Leve, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026

Definition of disrupts

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The research angle is what separates lasting habits from short-term aesthetics.

— Allison Palmer July 9, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026
The approach also introduces a computer architecture inspired by today’s digital computers that separates processing and memory.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 9 July 2026

Definition of separates

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These opportunists drown out the core mission, creating a cacophony of competing voices that confuses donors, crowd the inboxes of CEOs and members of Congress with colliding petitions, and paralyzes meaningful action by draining critical funding and attention away from the truly effective groups.

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 28 June 2026
But nobody confuses Harvard Extension School classes with the real thing.

— Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 23 June 2026

Definition of confuses

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Jacqueline Rothstein, 35, splits time between a New York City suburb on Long Island and the city’s heavily Jewish borough of Brooklyn.

— David Crary, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
From January to July, four significant departures — or group splits — have reshaped some of the industry’s most prominent acts, most recent of which is NCT and WayV’s WinWin.

— Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of splits

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As though on cue, Wardrobe — my beloved, and giant, closet — shuffles over from the corner of my room, the mahogany wood groaning with the effort.

— Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026
As the entire Qatar back line shuffles closer to the goal, Jonathan David drops off towards the penalty spot to receive the cross in space and shoot first time.

— Mark Carey, New York Times, 24 June 2026

Definition of shuffles

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Some cool features include a kill switch that automatically disconnects you from the internet if the VPN connection fails, as well as split tunneling that allows selected apps to use the VPN connection while others transmit data in clear text.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 25 June 2026
Once the aircraft reaches the runway, the TaxiBot disconnects.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 10 June 2026

Definition of disconnects

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Tilling or plowing in the summer disturbs the soil's delicate ecosystem and exposes moist soil to rapid water loss.

— Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 24 June 2026
The pier in Michigan City’s Washington Park disturbs the natural flow of sand along the lakeshore, creating new land east of the pier but starving beaches to the west, an erosion problem repeated by other manmade structures that jut out into Lake Michigan.

— Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026

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