DISORGANIZE

disorganize, disorganise

(verb) remove the organization from

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

disorganize (third-person singular simple present disorganizes, present participle disorganizing, simple past and past participle disorganized)

To make less organized; to reduce to chaos.

The arrival of her new baby would inevitably disorganize her life.

Source: Wiktionary


Dis*or"gan*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disorganized; p. pr. & vb. n. Disorganizing.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + organize: cf. F. désorganiser.]

Definition: To destroy the organic structure or regular system of (a government, a society, a party, etc.); to break up (what is organized); to throw into utter disorder; to disarrange. Lyford . . . attempted to disorganize the church. Eliot (1809).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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