as in to divide
to set or force apart
attempted to disunite the members of the club by vicious gossip
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Recent Examples of disunite
When the state is weak and the people disunited, as under Boris Yeltsin, the West exploits and weakens Russia and its people.
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Michael S. Neiberg, Washington Post, 12 June 2023
The moment, halfway through the king’s coronation, was a striking image of a family disunited and a reminder of the differing paths the two royal brothers have taken in the last three years.
—Max Colchester, wsj.com, 7 May 2023
Liberals, Lilla laments, have : lost themselves in the thickets of identity politics and developed a resentful, disuniting rhetoric of difference to match it.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2017
Post-Trump, the Republican party will likely be disunited.
—Elliot Kaufman, National Review, 13 July 2017
Michael S. Neiberg, Washington Post, 12 June 2023
The moment, halfway through the king’s coronation, was a striking image of a family disunited and a reminder of the differing paths the two royal brothers have taken in the last three years.
—Max Colchester, wsj.com, 7 May 2023
Liberals, Lilla laments, have : lost themselves in the thickets of identity politics and developed a resentful, disuniting rhetoric of difference to match it.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2017
Post-Trump, the Republican party will likely be disunited.
—Elliot Kaufman, National Review, 13 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disunite
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Senate Republicans are trying to divide Democrats on Thursday with a vote that would pay government workers deemed essential who are working without pay during the shutdown.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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In the trailer, Whitney drops the bomb that she is set to start her own MomTok, as the group continues to be divided.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
22 Oct. 2025
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The game at Paycom Center was a tight affair, with very little to separate the two teams.—
Ben Morse,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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But during their kiss, police swooped in to clear the crowd and wound up separating McSweeney from her kissing partner.—
Diane J. Cho,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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Atlanta scored first on a 38-yard field goal from Parker Romo, but that came after Huff and Sam Okuayinonu split a third-down sack to minimize a 19-play, 10 ½-minute drive.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
20 Oct. 2025
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Bigger than Alaska and Texas combined, West Antarctica is split from the eastern half of the continent by the Transantarctic Mountains, whose peaks are buried to their chins in ice.—
Evan Howell,
Quanta Magazine,
20 Oct. 2025
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The front sink was blocked by waste and the ware wash sink was disconnected from the drain pipe.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Some destinations lend themselves particularly well to disconnecting.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Disunite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disunite. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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