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Webster 1913 Edition

Disorganize

Dis-or′gan-ize

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Disorganized
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Disorganizing
.]
[Pref.
dis-
+
organize
: cf. F.
désorganiser
.]
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).

Webster 1828 Edition

Disorganize

DISORGANIZE

,
Verb.
T.
[dis and organize. See Organ.] To break or destroy organic structure or connected system; to dissolve regular system or union or parts; as, to disorganize a government or society; to disorganize an army.
Every account of the settlement of Plymouth mentions the conduct of Lyford, who attempted to disorganize the church.

Definition 2024

disorganize

disorganize

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Verb

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

  1. To make less organized; to reduce to chaos.
    The arrival of her new baby would inevitably disorganize her life.

Etymology

From French désorganiser

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