disunite (redirected from disuniting)

dis·u·nite  (dsy-nt)

tr. & intr.v. dis·u·nit·ed, dis·u·nit·ing, dis·u·nites

To separate or become separate.

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disunite

Verb

[-niting, -nited] to cause disagreement among

disunion n
disunity n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	disunite - part; cease or break association with; "She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president" disassociate, disjoint, dissociate, divorce break up, part, split, split up, separate, break - discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up"
	2.	disunite - force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea" separate, part, divide compartmentalise, compartmentalize, cut up - separate into isolated compartments or categories; "You cannot compartmentalize your life like this!" polarise, polarize - cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions keep apart, sequestrate, set apart, isolate, sequester - set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on" disjoin, disjoint - make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of disarticulate, disjoint - separate at the joints; "disjoint the chicken before cooking it" disconnect - make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope" tear - to separate or be separated by force; "planks were in danger of being torn from the crossbars" joint - separate (meat) at the joint gin - separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin break - separate from a clinch, in boxing; "The referee broke the boxers" sever, break up - set or keep apart; "sever a relationship" rupture, tear, snap, bust - separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper" move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"