Disjointing

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Disjoint \Dis*joint"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disjointed}; p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Disjointing}.]
     1. To separate the joints of; to separate, as parts united by
        joints; to put out of joint; to force out of its socket;
        to dislocate; as, to disjoint limbs; to disjoint bones; to
        disjoint a fowl in carving.


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              Yet what could swords or poisons, racks or flame,
              But mangle and disjoint the brittle frame? --Prior.
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     2. To separate at junctures or joints; to break where parts
        are united; to break in pieces; as, disjointed columns; to
        disjoint an edifice.
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              Some half-ruined wall
              Disjointed and about to fall.         --Longfellow.
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     3. To break the natural order and relations of; to make
        incoherent; as, a disjointed speech.
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