disjoin

• Verbe signifiant séparer ou désunir ; disjoindre, détacher ou désolidariser. En anglais moderne, mot rare ou vieilli.

A verb meaning to separate or disunite; to part or become parted. Now rare or obsolete in modern English.

1. Separate or disconnectC2formal

   To make something disjoint, separated, or disconnected; to undo the joining of parts.

   Séparer ou déconnecter

   • The carpenter disjoined the two pieces of wood with a chisel.
   • In the experiment, the molecules were disjoined by heat.
   • The treaty disjoined the previously allied nations.

   Synonymesdetachdisconnectdisunitedividepartseparateseversunderuncouple

   Antonymesattachconnectcouplefastenjoinlinkunite

2. C2formal

   To become separated, disconnected, or disjoint.

   se séparer, se disjoindre

   • The old joints disjoined after years of wear.
   • The parts of the machine disjoined under the intense pressure.
   • As the ice melted, the frozen blocks disjoined from each other.

   Synonymesdetachdisconnectdisunitedividepartseparateseversplitsunder

   Antonymesconnectcouplejoinlinkunite