DISARTICULATING Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

disarticulating

verb

present participle of disarticulate

as in dividing

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The one-time 5% tax on the state’s billionaires has rocked Sacramento in recent months, sharply dividing Democrats and splintering labor coalitions.

— Grace Hase, Mercury News, 26 June 2026
According to Steele, the bankruptcy trustee is now dividing the company’s assets, and the Cooper residents will likely only recover a small amount from the electric company.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 June 2026

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The experience—in keeping with the ROKI Collection philosophy of intentional luxury and tranquility--is all about disconnecting from the outside world and reconnecting with nature, but in pampered fashion.

— Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Get in the habit of disconnecting devices when you’re done using them.

— Karla Radka, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 June 2026

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Khushboo Gupta, vice president of policy at PETA India, said the aesthetic appeal of live elephants doesn’t justify shackling, beating and separating them from their families.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026
This process involves removing fuel, managing radiological controls, separating the hull, demilitarizing, and recycling.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 3 July 2026

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The stressor-detachment model defines psychological detachment as mentally disengaging from work during nonwork time and reviews evidence on detachment as a core recovery experience.

— Gerald J. Leonard, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Their drama is already stale, and between Nathan’s touchiness and Joe’s mistreatment of women, their fight over who is a better guy, a better seaman, a better worker, a better boyfriend is disengaging at best and aggravating at worst.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 23 June 2026

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