as in to divide
to set or force apart
disjoined the two drinking glasses, which were stuck together, only with the greatest difficulty
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Recent Examples of disjoin
Suhaimi Abdullah/GettyImages Chelsea were 2-0 down inside 12 minutes against Die Roten with the Italian’s experienced side looking uncharacteristically disjoined without the ball for most of the game.
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SI.com, 5 Aug. 2017
SI.com, 5 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disjoin
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The Trump administration reportedly calculated the tariff by dividing the trade deficit ($7.4 billion) by the value of imports to America ($22.2 billion) and then essentially halving the figure to reach 17%.—
Amelie Botbol,
FOXNews.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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The appeals court divided 2-1 in turning down the government's request to halt Boasberg's directive.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2025
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Heading into final rotation, the two championship hopefuls were separated by just 0.075.—
Henry Chappell,
Kansas City Star,
17 Apr. 2025
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After Wednesday’s win in Chicago, only one road win over the Hawks separates the Heat from making the playoffs for the sixth straight season.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
17 Apr. 2025
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Women often lose income, take on the bulk of caregiving, and carry the invisible labor of rebuilding a life, while men complain of the long-tail financial consequences of alimony, support payments, and assets split down the middle.—
Ruhama Wolle,
Glamour,
10 Apr. 2025
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Weeks after rumors spread that Californian experimental hip-hop trio Death Grips had split, the band have now taken to social media to deny these claims.—
Tyler Jenke,
Billboard,
9 Apr. 2025
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People want to disconnect, and the Capella wants to help them in big and small ways.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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If the acting isn’t capable of conveying the language, then people are going to disconnect.—
Jeanne Rawdin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Apr. 2025
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“Disjoin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disjoin. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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