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disorganize

[dis-awr-guh-nahyz] / dɪsˈɔr gəˌnaɪz /


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He warned that such sale would "disorganize the Government and other security markets."

From Time Magazine Archive

Not to get the resources of Russia for wartime use; war would further disorganize Russia's badly organized productive capacity.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Hostile forces are trying to create new centers of anarchy, disturb the rhythm of normal work in factories and disorganize the life of the country."

From Time Magazine Archive

He was said to have bribed the Chairman of the Soviet Meat Trust, Professor Alexander Riazanzev, to "disorganize the Soviet food distribution system and promote wholesale famine in Russia."

From Time Magazine Archive

It is, basically, a response to propaganda, something like the panic-producing pheromones that slave-taking ants re lease to disorganize the colonies of their prey.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

Blanchard recommends expanding the export controls from defense-related production to “anything which disorganizes production” in the Russian economy.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 20, 2022

“Not only does the current protocol fail to protect students, staff and their families, but it also completely disorganizes schools.”

From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2022

For the Communists to practice drastic reform as they made war was relatively easy, for in partisan warfare anything that disorganizes society operates to the enemy's disadvantage.

From Time Magazine Archive

The congestion, or overfilling with blood, causes pressure on the brain substance and disorganizes its function.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

It disorganizes and breaks down the tissues of the root here, providing a space for a thicker growth of the mycelium as it becomes older.

From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by George Francis Atkinson

“The disorganized land grab that’s going on is not going to help anybody,” Burelli said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

However, many who were active in the effort to stop Mamdani’s election, which ultimately turned out to be a disorganized failure, took that as a sign that defeat was imminent.

From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026

She hurried back as the fires broke containment, but her absence, which her social media posts seemed to obscure, became the symbol of a disorganized response to the disaster.

From Slate ● Jun. 3, 2026

In contrast, basal subtype tumors are more disorganized and aggressive, and they are often resistant to chemotherapy.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 3, 2026

A friend who was in the class said the teacher was just a wild-haired disorganized person masquerading as a wild-haired creative person.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos

This double-sax quartet pays homage to Charlie Parker by cutting up, slowing down and disorganizing his compositions.

From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2018

One progress report notes that she “seemed to contribute a somewhat disorganizing influence to the class.”

From Slate ● Dec. 3, 2015

"If we cannot stop the trend, we should at least take steps to decrease the disorganizing effects."

From Time Magazine Archive

Employed in the six-man dance band which his father led as a weekend hobby, twelve-year-old Ralph soon began disorganizing the outfit with Waller-style chords and riffs plus a smattering of local St. Louis ragtime.

From Time Magazine Archive

There is the synthetical reaction in the cell, and the analytical or splitting reaction—the organizing, and the disorganizing processes—what keeps up this seesaw and preserves the equilibrium?

From The Breath of Life by John Burroughs




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