DISUNITE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (verb)

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they disunite ... he / she / it disunites

Past simple: disunited

Past participle: disunited

-ing form: disuniting

Sense 1

Meaning:

Force, take, or pull apart

Example:

Moses parted the Red Sea

Synonyms:

disunite; divide; part; separate

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "disunite" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Cause:

divide; part; separate (come apart)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "disunite"):

compartmentalise; compartmentalize; cut up (separate into isolated compartments or categories)

polarise; polarize (cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions)

isolate; keep apart; sequester; sequestrate; set apart (set apart from others)

disjoin; disjoint (make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of)

disarticulate; disjoint (separate at the joints)

disconnect (make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten)

cut (separate with or as if with an instrument)

tear (to separate or be separated by force)

joint (separate (meat) at the joint)

gin (separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin)

break (separate from a clinch, in boxing)

break up; sever (set or keep apart)

bust; rupture; snap; tear (separate or cause to separate abruptly)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Part; cease or break association with

Example:

She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president

Synonyms:

disassociate; disjoint; dissociate; disunite; divorce

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "disunite" is one way to...):

break; break up; part; separate; split; split up (discontinue an association or relation; go different ways)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

disunion (the termination or destruction of union)