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
Opponents of the Islamic Republic remain hopelessly disorganized and disunited.
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Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
1 Jan. 2026
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.
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Max Colchester,
wsj.com,
7 May 2023
Post-Trump, the Republican party will likely be disunited.
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Elliot Kaufman,
National Review,
13 July 2017
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
1 Jan. 2026
When the state is weak and the people disunited, as under Boris Yeltsin, the West exploits and weakens Russia and its people.
—
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
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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Looking along party lines, Republicans are closely divided on AI, as 38% expect a positive impact on the economy and 40% expecting a negative impact.
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Tens of thousands of North Koreans have fled to South Korea since the peninsula was divided by war in the 1950s.
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By 58% to 42%, those surveyed said Americans were mostly separated by different values, not bound by shared ones.
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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.
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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.
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The delays were split nearly evenly, affecting 332 flights departing the Denver airport and 287 flights arriving, according to FlightAware.
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If time permits, lock your home upon departure and disconnect utilities and appliances.
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Hobbs disconnected the state's voter database from the site and sent a quick reaction team to help fix whatever gap the foreign users had slipped through.
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“Disunite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disunite. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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