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

  Disunite \Dis`u*nite"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disunited}; p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Disuniting}.]
     1. To destroy the union of; to divide; to part; to sever; to
        disjoin; to sunder; to separate; as, to disunite particles
        of matter.
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     2. To alienate in spirit; to break the concord of.
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              Go on both in hand, O nations, never be disunited,
              be the praise . . . of all posterity! --Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Disunite \Dis`u*nite"\, v. i.
     To part; to fall asunder; to become separated.
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           The joints of the body politic do separate and
           disunite.                                --South.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  disunite
       v 1: part; cease or break association with; "She disassociated
            herself from the organization when she found out the
            identity of the president" [syn: {disassociate}, {dissociate},
             {divorce}, {disjoint}]
       2: force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting
          children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea" [syn: {separate}, {divide},
           {part}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  65 Moby Thesaurus words for "disunite":
     abrupt, aggravate, alien, alienate, cast off, cast out,
     come between, cut adrift, cut off, cut out, delete, depart,
     dichotomize, disaffect, disarticulate, disconnect, disengage,
     disjoin, disjoint, dissever, dissociate, disunify, divide, divorce,
     eject, estrange, expel, fan the flame, irritate, isolate, leave,
     light the fuse, make trouble, part, pit against, provoke,
     pull away, pull back, pull out, segregate, separate, sequester,
     set against, set apart, set aside, set at odds, set at variance,
     set on, shut off, sic on, sow dissension, split, stand aloof,
     stand apart, stand aside, step aside, stir up trouble, subtract,
     sunder, throw off, throw out, uncouple, unyoke, wean, withdraw
  
  

















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