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English verb: disunite | |||
| 1. | disunite (social) part; cease or break association with | ||
| Samples | She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president. | ||
| Synonyms | disassociate, disjoint, dissociate, divorce | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | break, break up, part, separate, split, split up | ||
| 2. | disunite (contact) force, take, or pull apart | ||
| Samples | He separated the fighting children. Moses parted the Red Sea. | ||
| Synonyms | divide, part, separate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s something from somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | displace, move | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | break, break up, bust, compartmentalise, compartmentalize, cut, cut up, disarticulate, disconnect, disjoin, disjoint, disjoint, gin, isolate, joint, keep apart, polarise, polarize, rupture, sequester, sequestrate, set apart, sever, snap, tear, tear | ||
| Cause | divide, part, separate | ||
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