disunite


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dis·u·nite

 (dĭs′yo͞o-nīt′)
tr. & intr.v. dis·u·nit·ed, dis·u·nit·ing, dis·u·nites
To separate or become separate.
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disunite

(ˌdɪsjʊˈnaɪt)
vb
1. to separate or become separate; disrupt
2. (tr) to set at variance; estrange
disˈunion n
ˌdisuˈniter n
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dis•u•nite

(ˌdɪs yuˈnaɪt)

v. -nit•ed, -nit•ing. v.t.
1. to sever the union of; separate; disjoin.
2. to set at variance; alienate.
v.i.
3. to part; fall apart.
[1550–60]
dis`u•nit′er, n.
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disunite


Past participle: disunited
Gerund: disuniting

Imperative
disunite
disunite
Present
I disunite
you disunite
he/she/it disunites
we disunite
you disunite
they disunite
Preterite
I disunited
you disunited
he/she/it disunited
we disunited
you disunited
they disunited
Present Continuous
I am disuniting
you are disuniting
he/she/it is disuniting
we are disuniting
you are disuniting
they are disuniting
Present Perfect
I have disunited
you have disunited
he/she/it has disunited
we have disunited
you have disunited
they have disunited
Past Continuous
I was disuniting
you were disuniting
he/she/it was disuniting
we were disuniting
you were disuniting
they were disuniting
Past Perfect
I had disunited
you had disunited
he/she/it had disunited
we had disunited
you had disunited
they had disunited
Future
I will disunite
you will disunite
he/she/it will disunite
we will disunite
you will disunite
they will disunite
Future Perfect
I will have disunited
you will have disunited
he/she/it will have disunited
we will have disunited
you will have disunited
they will have disunited
Future Continuous
I will be disuniting
you will be disuniting
he/she/it will be disuniting
we will be disuniting
you will be disuniting
they will be disuniting
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been disuniting
you have been disuniting
he/she/it has been disuniting
we have been disuniting
you have been disuniting
they have been disuniting
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been disuniting
you will have been disuniting
he/she/it will have been disuniting
we will have been disuniting
you will have been disuniting
they will have been disuniting
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been disuniting
you had been disuniting
he/she/it had been disuniting
we had been disuniting
you had been disuniting
they had been disuniting
Conditional
I would disunite
you would disunite
he/she/it would disunite
we would disunite
you would disunite
they would disunite
Past Conditional
I would have disunited
you would have disunited
he/she/it would have disunited
we would have disunited
you would have disunited
they would have disunited
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.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"
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disunite

verb
1. To become or cause to become apart one from another:
break, detach, disjoin, disjoint, divide, divorce, part, separate, split (up).
Idioms: part company, set at odds.
2. To make distant, hostile, or unsympathetic:
alienate, disaffect, estrange.
Idiom: set at odds.
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Translations

disunite

vt → spalten, entzweien
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disunite

[ˌdɪsjʊˈnaɪt] vt (frm) (government, political party) → creare divisioni all'interno di
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