disjoint

Verb

Verb Forms: disjointed, disjointing, disjoints

To take apart at the joints; to make out of order.
part; cease or break association with
separate at the joints
- "disjoint the chicken before cooking it"
make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of
become separated, disconnected or disjoint
To render disjoint; to remove a connection, linkage, or intersection.
To break the natural order and relations of; to make incoherent.
To fall into pieces.

Adjective Satellite

having no elements in common

Adj

Not smooth or continuous; disjointed.
Of two or more sets, having no members in common; having an intersection equal to the empty set.

Examples

The strategic move was designed to disjoint his opponent’s letter flow.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English disjoynen, from Old French desjoindre (“disjoin”), from Latin disiungō, from dis- + iungō (“join”).

Synonyms

disarticulate, disassociate, disjoin, dissociate, disunite, divorce, disarticulate#Verb

Antonyms

join, non-disjoint, overlapping, rearticulate#Verb, rejoint#Verb

Scrabble Score: 16

disjoint: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
disjoint: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
disjoint: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 19

disjoint: valid Words With Friends Word