disunite

Other forms: disunited; disuniting; disunites

Definitions of disunite
  1. verb
    part; cease or break association with
    synonyms: disassociate, disjoint, dissociate, divorce
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    break, break up, part, separate, split, split up
    discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
  2. verb
    force, take, or pull apart
    synonyms: divide, part, separate
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    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
    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
    manicure
    trim carefully and neatly
    scissor
    cut with or as if with scissors
    plane, shave
    cut or remove with or as if with a plane
    slice, slice up
    cut into slices
    pink
    cut in a zigzag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing
    jag
    cut teeth into; make a jagged cutting edge
    carve, cut up
    cut to pieces
    carve
    form by carving
    carve, chip at
    engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface
    cube, dice
    cut into cubes
    julienne
    cut into long thin strips
    chop, hack
    cut with a hacking tool
    undercut
    cut obliquely into (a tree) below the main cut and on the side toward which the tree will fall
    hack
    cut away
    chop, chop up
    cut into pieces
    cut down, drop, fell, strike down
    cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
    chip, nick
    cut a nick into
    nick, snick
    cut slightly, with a razor
    break off, chip, cut off, knap
    break a small piece off from
    pare, trim
    remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size
    circumcise
    cut the skin over the clitoris
    chamfer, chase, furrow
    cut a furrow into a columns
    indent
    cut or tear along an irregular line so that the parts can later be matched for authentication
    mortice, mortise
    cut a hole for a tenon in
    decouple, uncouple
    disconnect or separate
    detach
    cause to become detached or separated; take off
    cut down, mow
    cut with a blade or mower
    shear
    cut or cut through with shears
    gash, slash
    cut open
    cut down, slash
    cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete
    tap
    cut a female screw thread with a tap
    hob
    cut with a hob
    bore, drill
    make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool
    clip, nip, nip off, snip, snip off
    sever or remove by pinching or snipping
    dissect
    cut open or cut apart
    bisect
    cut in half or cut in two
    transect
    cut across or divide transversely
    trisect
    cut in three
    pare, whittle
    cut small bits or pare shavings from
    chatter
    cut unevenly with a chattering tool
    cut away
    remove by cutting off or away
    tomahawk
    cut with a tomahawk
    saber, sabre
    cut or injure with a saber
    rebate
    cut a rebate in (timber or stone)
    cradle
    cut grain with a cradle scythe
    incise
    make an incision into by carving or cutting
    trench
    cut or carve deeply into
    bob, dock, tail
    remove or shorten the tail of an animal
    cleave, rive, split
    separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
    slice, slit
    make a clean cut through
    lacerate
    cut or tear irregularly
    saw
    cut with a saw
    discerp, lop, sever
    cut off from a whole
    pull, rend, rent, rip, rive
    tear or be torn violently
    rip up, shred, tear up
    tear into shreds
    chase
    cut a groove into
    bevel, chamfer
    cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel
    crosscut, cut across
    cut using a diagonal line
    rip
    cut (wood) along the grain
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    displace, move
    cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
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