Definition of "disjoin" [dis•join]

• To undo the joining of; separate. (verb-transitive)
• To become separated. (verb-intransitive)

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• "Nevertheless, pretending to disjoin them helps organize our thoughts."
• "When the present boys shall come into possession, and possibly not till then, shall there be a most sweeping reform in the church and state, — the blow to disjoin them will be a hard one."
• ""The God who gave us life," he wrote, "gave us liberty at the same time: the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them.""