Disjoin (Verb)
Meaning 1
Become separated, disconnected or disjoint.
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The two countries have traditionally been geographically and culturally linked, but the effects of the war have served to disjoin them.
- As the paint dried, it began to crack and disjoin from the wall, requiring considerable touch-up work.
- After a serious argument the two cousins became estranged and eventually disjoin their business partnership.
- A sharp tug on the rope caused the two climbers to disjoin and fall in opposite directions.
- The broken bridge will eventually disjoin completely from the bank if the repairs are not carried out soon.
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Meaning 2
Make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of.
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The torn pages disjoin the narrative, making the story difficult to follow.
- A dispute arose that would eventually disjoin the two allied companies.
- The storm caused the train cars to disjoin, stranding passengers along the tracks.
- Her unexpected decision would disjoin the family for several years.
- In the divorce, the couple's assets were to be carefully disjoin, with each spouse receiving separate possessions.