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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Disunite \Dis'u*nite"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Disunited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disuniting}.]
1. To destroy the union of; to divide; to part; to sever; to disjoin; to sunder; to separate; as, to disunite particles of matter.
2. To alienate in spirit; to break the concord of.
Go on both in hand, O nations, never be disunited, be the praise . . . of all posterity! --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
disunited
adjective: having been divided; having the unity destroyed; "Congress...gave the impression of...a confusing sum of disconnected local forces"-Samuel Lubell; "a league of disunited nations"- E.B.White; "a fragmented coalition"; "a split group" [syn: {disconnected}, {fragmented}, {split}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
24 Moby Thesaurus words for "disunited": alienated, detached, disaffected, disarticulated, disconnected, disengaged, disjoined, disjoint, disjointed, disjunct, dislocated, dispersed, divided, divorced, estranged, irreconcilable, isolated, removed, scattered, segregated, separated, sequestered, shut off, torn
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