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disarticulate

UK/dɪsɑː(ɹ)ˈtɪkjəleɪt/

disarticulate verb: to disjoint.

Verb

disarticulate (third-person singular simple present disarticulates, present participle disarticulating, simple past and past participle disarticulated)

  1. (transitive) To disjoint.
    • I waited and he came to the point: he wanted me simply to talk to a patient he had inherited, a sports parachutist who had Roman Candled into a tree and broken and disarticulated his back.2002, Eric Anderson, The Man Who Cried Orange, page 239
  2. (transitive) To amputate (a limb) at a joint without cutting the bone.

Forms of disarticulate

third-person singular presentdisarticulates
present participledisarticulating
past participledisarticulated
pastdisarticulated

Origin of disarticulate

From dis- + articulate.

Words formed from disarticulate

Words that rhyme with disarticulate

Questions about disarticulate

What does disarticulate mean?
Disarticulate means to disjoint.
What part of speech is disarticulate?
Disarticulate is a verb.
How do you pronounce disarticulate?
Disarticulate is pronounced /dɪsɑː(ɹ)ˈtɪkjəleɪt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of disarticulate?
The past tense of disarticulate is disarticulated.

Words near disarticulate in the dictionary

  1. disarrayed
  2. disarraying
  3. disarrayment
  4. disarrays
  5. disarrest
  6. disarticulate
  7. disarticulated
  8. disarticulates
  9. disarticulating
  10. disarticulation
  11. disarticulations

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