disjoin

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"As the body metabolizes the rapamycin, the two fragments disjoin, deactivating the system."

From Science Daily • Sep. 21, 2023

These linguistic concretions are enough to show how hard it is for primitive thought to disjoin what is joined fast in the world of everyday experience.

From Anthropology by Marett, R. R. (Robert Ranulph)

Uncouple, un-kup′l, v.t. to loose from being coupled: to disjoin: to set loose.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

I maintain, that in the 2d antist: you do disjoin Nature and the world, and contrary to your conduct in the 2d strophe.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)

Only one course, therefore, was left: and that was to disjoin the regal title from the regal prerogatives.

From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron