disjoints

verb

present tense third-person singular of disjoint
1
as in divides
to set or force apart disjoint the parts of a chicken for frying

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2
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disjoints
  1. divides
  2. disrupts
  3. separates
  4. confuses
  5. splits
  6. shuffles
  7. disconnects
  8. disturbs
Verb
  • From there, they’re eased gently into a bagel machine that divides the dough into rings.
    — HubSpot, HubSpot, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The collapse of institutional rivalry The separation of powers divides authority among the legislative, executive and judicial branches of government to prevent too much power from becoming concentrated in any one place.
    — Stephanie A, The Conversation, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of divides
Verb
  • As Tehran continues to issue maximalist demands and the war disrupts shipping through the straits of Hormuz and Bab el Mandeb, Trump needs an out.
    — Charles Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2026
  • The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) lists severe weather that disrupts a trip as one of the events that may qualify for trip cancellation, interruption or delay coverage.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of disrupts
Verb
  • Two college students in June were reportedly also trapped in the keyhole at Panther State Beach, an opening in the rock that separates it from Yellow Bank Beach.
    — Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026
  • The project will involve building a flyover bridge to better connect the two areas over existing train tracks in an industrial area that separates them.
    — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of separates
Verb
  • The legal system dehumanizes her, the support group confuses her, and one of her friends painfully disappoints her.
    — Carey Purcell, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026
  • This confuses each Nyota but also those around them, who note that the Nyotas have rather quickly assumed new hairstyles but also that neither is behaving quite like herself.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of confuses
Verb
  • If the vote to confirm Jeffries as speaker splits along party lines, Democrats would still hold a roughly 80-vote advantage.
    — Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Franklyn, who splits her time between New York and Italy with her husband, is back in town for a packed month of press.
    — Anna Tingley, Variety, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of splits
Verb
  • Using subtle lighting changes, the show shuffles three eras—the days after Oscar disappeared, one year later, and seven years later—to capture the muddle of trauma.
    — Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Senate Enrolled Act 1, signed into law in 2025, shuffles the deck on local government finance under the guise of property tax reform.
    — Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of shuffles
Verb
  • Strategy often disconnects from execution; and processes and systems evolve independently of purpose.
    — Kumar Rupesh, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Apple says the Control Center button disconnects Bluetooth accessories without fully turning Bluetooth off.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of disconnects
Verb
  • Some of the sightings claim a man wearing clothing typical of the 17th or 18th centuries, a man dressed in Confederate attire in the liquor room, a ghost of a former worker Joseph Hardesty and a female who actively disturbs visitors to her home.
    — Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Vibration disturbs the natural sediments in wine, flattening the flavor and aging it prematurely.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of disturbs
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“Disjoints.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disjoints. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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