DISUNITE Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

disunite

verb

(ˌ)dis-yü-ˈnīt

Definition of disunite

as in to divide

to set or force apart attempted to disunite the members of the club by vicious gossip

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Recent Examples of disunite Not since the Civil War have these proverbially United States been so disunited. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026 Opponents of the Islamic Republic remain hopelessly disorganized and disunited. — Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 1 Jan. 2026 When the state is weak and the people disunited, as under Boris Yeltsin, the West exploits and weakens Russia and its people. — Michael S. Neiberg, Washington Post, 12 June 2023 The moment, halfway through the king’s coronation, was a striking image of a family disunited and a reminder of the differing paths the two royal brothers have taken in the last three years. — Max Colchester, wsj.com, 7 May 2023

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The case has become a national cultural fixation and a social media spectacle, gripping and dividing spectators well beyond the Massachusetts courtroom where the 36-year-old mother is charged with killing her three young children.

— Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026
Essentially a form of computational fluid dynamics, the simulation divides the flow passages into a very large number of tiny regions and calculates things such as velocity, pressure, turbulence, and temperature throughout the component.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026

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The team analyzed the corridor over the long term and used seasonal-trend decomposition using LOESS, a statistical method that helped separate seasonal fluctuations from longer-term settlement.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026
The bridge connects two settlements in a valley in northwest Rwanda that are separated by the river.

— Fatma Tanis, NPR, 29 Aug. 2026

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