disjoin
verb
dis·join (ˌ)dis-ˈjȯin 
disjoined; disjoining; disjoins
transitive verb
: to end the joining of
intransitive verb
: to become detached
Synonyms
- break up
- decouple
- disassociate
- disconnect
- disjoint
- dissever
- dissociate
- disunite
- divide
- divorce
- part
- ramify
- resolve
- separate
- sever
- split
- sunder
- uncouple
- unlink
- unyoke
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Example Sentences
disjoined the two drinking glasses, which were stuck together, only with the greatest difficulty
Recent Examples on the Web 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. 
SI.com, 5 Aug. 2017
SI.com, 5 Aug. 2017 Word History
Etymology
Middle English disjoynen, from Anglo-French desjoindre, from Latin disjungere, from dis- + jungere to join — more at yoke
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense
disjoined 1 of 2
adjective
as in divided
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- divided
- dissevered
- disunited
- sundered
- dissociated
- resolved
- split
- severed
- ramified
- parted
- divorced
- uncoupled
- discontinuous
- broken up
- unyoked
- noncontinuous
- unconnected
- disconnected
- removed
- isolated
- unlinked
- detached
- discrete
- apart
- distant
- away
- faraway
- isolate
- unattached
- farthest
- far
- separate
- noncontiguous
- free-standing
- far-off
- nonadjacent
- remote
- single
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- contiguous
- adjacent
- joining
- adjoining
- juxtaposed
- neighboring
- abutting
- touching
- conterminous
- joined
- flanking
- connected
- flush
- immediate
- closest
- nearest
- nearby
- fringing
- united
- close
- attached
- verging
- approximate
- near
- linked
- nigh
- connecting
- bordering
- skirting
- communicating
- next-door
- interconnecting
disjoined
2 of 2verb
as in separated
to set or force apart disjoined the two drinking glasses, which were stuck together, only with the greatest difficulty Synonyms & Similar Words
- divided
- separated
- disconnected
- split
- severed
- disjointed
- resolved
- dissevered
- disassociated
- disunited
- sundered
- dissociated
- isolated
- detached
- unlinked
- divorced
- ramified
- parted
- uncoupled
- decoupled
- decomposed
- unyoked
- fragmented
- subdivided
- pulled
- dissected
- broke up
- dissolved
- disintegrated
- cleaved
- partitioned
- bifurcated
- disassembled
- segmented
- fractured
- cleft
- trisected
- bisected
- fractionalized
- ripped
- fractionated
- dichotomized
- segregated
- ruptured
- halved
- unraveled
- fragmentated
- quartered
- fragmentized
- broke down
- rifted
- disengaged
- secluded
- disentangled
- tore
- insulated
- rived
- broke
- cut off
- untied
- rended
- rent
- sequestered
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- joined
- united
- unified
- linked
- combined
- associated
- connected
- mixed
- assembled
- mingled
- blended
- attached
- coupled
- blent
- fused
- bound
- closed
- welded
- stuck
- fastened
- accumulated
- cemented
- agglutinated
- knit
- knitted