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v. make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of

v. separate at the joints; "disjoint the chicken before cooking it"

v. become separated, disconnected or disjoint

disassociate, dissociate, divorce, disunite, disjoint

v. part; cease or break association with; "She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president"

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disjoint

adj. having no elements in common

move, displace

v. 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"

rip

v. move precipitously or violently; "The tornado ripped along the coast"

move, displace

v. 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"

slip

v. cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion; "he slipped the bolt into place"

disengage, withdraw

v. release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears"

break, wear, wear out, bust, fall apart

v. go to pieces; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely"

amputate, cut off

v. remove surgically; "amputate limbs"

maim

v. injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation; "people were maimed by the explosion"

mutilate, mangle, cut up

v. destroy or injure severely; "The madman mutilates art work"

truncate, cut short

v. make shorter as if by cutting off; "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"

mangle, mutilate, murder

v. alter so as to make unrecognizable; "The tourists murdered the French language"

abstracted, removed

adj. taken out of or separated from; "possibility is...achievability, abstracted from achievement"- A.N.Whitehead

detached, separated

adj. no longer connected or joined; "a detached part"; "on one side of the island was a hugh rock, almost detached"; "the separated spacecraft will return to their home bases"

asunder(p)

adj. widely separated especially in space; "as wide asunder as pole from pole"

discrete, distinct

adj. constituting a separate entity or part; "a government with three discrete divisions"; "on two distinct occasions"

disjunct, isolated

adj. marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements; "little isolated worlds, as abruptly disjunct and unexpected as a palm-shaded well in the Sahara"- Scientific Monthly

join, bring together

v. cause to become joined or linked; "join these two parts so that they fit together"

connect, link, tie, link up

v. connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces; "Can you connect the two loudspeakers?"; "Tie the ropes together"; "Link arms"

plug in, plug into, connect

v. plug into an outlet; "Please plug in the toaster!"; "Connect the TV so we can watch the football game tonight"

join, conjoin

v. make contact or come together; "The two roads join here"

connect, link, tie, link up

v. connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces; "Can you connect the two loudspeakers?"; "Tie the ropes together"; "Link arms"

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