disunify

transitive verb

dis·​unify

"+

: to destroy the unity of:

a

: to bring about a lack of concord or harmony in or among

humanity, already profoundly perplexed and disunified

—J. D. Ratcliff

b

: to break up (a unified whole) into separate often dissident parts

set out deliberately to divide and disunify this nation

—S. A. Mitchell

Word History

Etymology

dis- entry 1 + unify

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