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Disjoint (Verb)

Separate at the joints; "disjoint the chicken before cooking it".

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Carefully disjoint the duck to ensure all the parts cook evenly in the slow cooker.
Disjoint the turkey and make a stock with the carcass and some vegetables.
The chef will disjoint the beef short ribs before slow-cooking them in a rich sauce.
To disjoint the roast chicken, cut through each joint to separate the legs from the body.
Disjoint the pork shoulder at the joints and separate it into manageable serving pieces.

Make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of.

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

The accident disjoint the bones in her hand, requiring surgery to repair the damage.
Researchers had to disjoint the assembled model to understand its complex inner mechanisms.
To fix the leak, the plumber needed to disjoint the pipe connections and replace the damaged seals.
The editor disjoint the scenes and recompiled them in a non-linear narrative for added effect.
The instructions required users to disjoint the removable cover and recharge the battery before reassembling it.

Become separated, disconnected or disjoint.

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

The sound system became disjoint during the concert, causing some speakers to fade in and out.
Her memories of the accident had become disjoint and fragmented over time.
As the company downsized, different departments started to work disjoint and struggled to communicate effectively.
The disjoint sections of the narrative failed to engage readers and made the story disjointed and confusing.
When the headphones were damaged, the channels became disjoint, resulting in an unpleasant listening experience.

Part; cease or break association with; "She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president".

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

She disjoined her association with the business due to disagreements over the company's vision.
After a bitter argument, they finally disjoint themselves from the joint venture they started years ago.
The actress disjoint herself from the film project as the script seemed to be heading in the wrong direction.
The football player decided to disjoint himself from his agent after finding out about a secret deal.
The musician disjoint himself from the record label when he discovered that they were exploiting the band.