vverb.socialpart; cease or break association withSynset:disassociate disjoint dissociate disunite divorce
Examples:- She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president
Derivationally Related Form:disassociationdissociationdisunion
Hypernyms:break break up part separate split split up
Inherited Hypernyms:disassociateseparate
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s PP
vverb.contactforce, take, or pull apartSynset:disunite divide part separate
Examples:- He separated the fighting children
- Moses parted the Red Sea
Derivationally Related Form:separationpartitive
Hypernyms:displace move
Inherited Hypernyms:separatemove
Direct Hyponyms:breakbreak upbustcompartmentalisecompartmentalizecutcut updisarticulatedisconnectdisjoindisjointginisolatejointkeep apartpolarisepolarizerupturesequestersequestrateset apartseversnaptear
Causes:divide part separate
Full Troponyms:anatomizeaxebevelbisectborebreakcarvecharacterchasechatterchipchiselchopchop downcircumciseclapperclawclawcleavecompartmentalizeconecounter-drillcradlecrisscrosscrosscutcubecutcut awaydadodetachdiscerpdisconnectdisjoindisjointdissectdockdressengravefellfilletfretfurrowgingirdlegroovehackhashhatchhewhobhoneycombinciseindentjagjointjuliennelaceratelaminatelinelogmanicuremaulmillmincemitermortisemownicknipnotchparepinkplanepolarizepoleaxrebaterecessrelinerendriprough-hewrusticatesabresawscarifyscissorscorescotchscratchscribescuffsculptscythesequesterserratesevershaveshearshredslashsliceslitspudtaptearteasetomahawktransecttrenchtrepantrisectunbinduncoupleundercutunhookvivisectwhipsawwhittleworry
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something | Somebody ---s something from somebody | They --- their hair (apply to: part)
adj satadj.allhaving been divided; having the unity destroyedSynset:disconnected fragmented split
Examples:- Congress...gave the impression of...a confusing sum of disconnected local forces"-Samuel Lubell
- a league of disunited nations - E.B.White
- a fragmented coalition
- a split group
Antonyms:united
Derivationally Related Form:disconnectedness
Inherited Hypernyms:disconnected
Similar to:divided