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Disjoin

To part; to disunite; to separate; to sunder.

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Disunite 76% connected

To destroy the union of; to divide; to part; to sever; to disjoin; to sunder; to separate; as, to disunite particles of matter.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Divide 76% connected

To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts.

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Part 76% connected

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Separate 76% connected

To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.

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Disconnection 74% connected

The act of disconnecting, or state of being disconnected; separation; want of union.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Disconnection 74% connected

The act of disconnecting, or state of being disconnected; separation; want of union.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Disjunctive 74% connected

Tending to disjoin; separating; disjoining.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Disjunctive 74% connected

Tending to disjoin; separating; disjoining.

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Disjoint 72% connected

Disjointed; unconnected; -- opposed to conjoint.

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Disjoint 92% connected

Disjointed; unconnected; -- opposed to conjoint.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Join 94% connected

To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to associate; to add; to append.

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Join 94% connected

To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to associate; to add; to append.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Abstraction adjective · 78% connection

The act process of leaving out of consideration one or more properties of a complex object so as to attend to others; analysis. Thus,…

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Bolt verb · 78% connection

To sift or separate the coarser from the finer particles of, as bran from flour, by means of a bolter; to separate, assort, refine, or…

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Core noun · 78% connection

The prtion of a mold which shapes the interior of a cylinder, tube, or other hollow casting, or which makes a hole in or through a cas…

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Detach verb · 78% connection

To part; to separate or disunite; to disengage; -- the opposite of attach; as, to detach the coats of a bulbous root from each other;…

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Disally verb · 78% connection

To part, as an alliance; to sunder.

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Disannex verb · 78% connection

To disunite; to undo or repeal the annexation of.

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Disarticulate verb · 78% connection

To sunder; to separate, as joints.

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Disassociate verb · 78% connection

To disconnect from things associated; to disunite; to dissociate.

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Disband verb · 78% connection

To loose the bands of; to set free; to disunite; to scatter; to disperse; to break up the organization of; especially, to dismiss from…

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Discerp verb · 78% connection

To separate; to disunite.

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Discerptive adjective · 78% connection

Tending to separate or disunite parts.

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Disconnect verb · 78% connection

To dissolve the union or connection of; to disunite; to sever; to separate; to disperse.

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Dislink verb · 78% connection

To unlink; to disunite; to separate.

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Dissect verb · 78% connection

To divide into separate parts; to cut in pieces; to separate and expose the parts of, as an animal or a plant, for examination and to…

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Dissever verb · 78% connection

To part in two; to sever thoroughly; to sunder; to disunite; to separate; to disperse.

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Dissociate verb · 78% connection

To separate from fellowship or union; to disunite; to disjoin; as, to dissociate the particles of a concrete substance.

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Dissolve verb · 78% connection

To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to disunite; to sunder; to loosen; to undo; to separate.

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Dissunder verb · 78% connection

To separate; to sunder; to destroy.

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