disarticulate

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Attention! isn't trying to disarticulate the whole idea of ordered writing.

From The Guardian • Jun. 21, 2013

Whenever it is possible, cut the bone through its continuity rather than disarticulate.

From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph

If, however, the terminal branch of the dorsalis pedis artery be wounded, it may be necessary to disarticulate the first metatarsal to secure it rather than trust to compression to stop the bleeding.

From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph

Retaining Mr. Syme's incisions in their integrity, some operators prefer not to disarticulate the foot, but remove it by sawing through the tibia and fibula at once, while still in connection with the foot.

From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph

I saw my body like an empty sack Tossed disarticulate on grated floors.

From Perpetual Light : a memorial by Benét, William Rose