disarticulate
dis·ar·tic·u·late / ˌdisärˈtikyəˌlāt/ • v. [tr.] separate (bones) at the joints: the African egg-eating snake can disarticulate its lower jaw from its upper. ∎ break up and disrupt the logic of (an argument or opinion): novels disarticulate theories.DERIVATIVES: dis·ar·tic·u·la·tion / -ˌtikyəˈlāshən/ n.
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