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Verb
S:
(v)
disassociate
,
dissociate
,
divorce
,
disunite
,
disjoint
(part; cease or break association with)
"She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president"
S:
(v)
disjoint
,
disarticulate
(separate at the joints)
"disjoint the chicken before cooking it"
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
/
sister term
S:
(v)
separate
,
disunite
,
divide
,
part
(force, take, or pull apart)
"He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"
sentence frame
Somebody ----s something
S:
(v)
disjoin
,
disjoint
(make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of)
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
S:
(v)
separate
,
disunite
,
divide
,
part
(force, take, or pull apart)
"He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"
S:
(v)
compartmentalize
,
compartmentalise
,
cut up
(separate into isolated compartments or categories)
"You cannot compartmentalize your life like this!"
S:
(v)
polarize
,
polarise
(cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions)
S:
(v)
sequester
,
sequestrate
,
keep apart
,
set apart
,
isolate
(set apart from others)
"The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"
S:
(v)
disjoin
,
disjoint
(make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of)
S:
(v)
disjoint
,
disarticulate
(separate at the joints)
"disjoint the chicken before cooking it"
S:
(v)
disconnect
(make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten)
S:
(v)
cut
(separate with or as if with an instrument)
"Cut the rope"
S:
(v)
tear
(to separate or be separated by force)
"planks were in danger of being torn from the crossbars"
S:
(v)
joint
(separate (meat) at the joint)
S:
(v)
gin
(separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin)
S:
(v)
break
(separate from a clinch, in boxing)
"The referee broke the boxers"
S:
(v)
sever
,
break up
(set or keep apart)
"sever a relationship"
S:
(v)
tear
,
rupture
,
snap
,
bust
(separate or cause to separate abruptly)
"The rope snapped"; "tear the paper"
cause
antonym
derivationally related form
sentence frame
S:
(v)
disjoin
,
disjoint
(become separated, disconnected or disjoint)
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
antonym
derivationally related form
sentence frame
Adjective
S:
(adj)
confused
,
disconnected
,
disjointed
,
disordered
,
garbled
,
illogical
,
scattered
,
unconnected
(lacking orderly continuity)
"a confused set of instructions"; "a confused dream about the end of the world"; "disconnected fragments of a story"; "scattered thoughts"
similar to
derivationally related form
antonym
S:
(adj)
disjointed
(taken apart at the joints)
"a disjointed fowl"
similar to
antonym
S:
(adj)
disjointed
,
dislocated
,
separated
(separated at the joint)
"a dislocated knee"; "a separated shoulder"