disamiguate

Pronunciation: /ˌdɪs.əˈmɪɡweɪt/
Definition:
1. To terminate or dissolve a friendship or amicable relationship.
2. To estrange or alienate someone formerly close.
3. To cease reconciling differing opinions or views.
4. To undo amity or benevolence previously established.

Significance:
• It defines the act of terminating an amity or severing connections.
• It emphasizes termination of positive relations.
• It identifies efforts to detach or distance oneself.
• It avoids perpetuating insane amity.
• It simplifies descriptions of amicable dissolutions.
• It improves clarity in interpersonal dynamics.
• It replaces Scandinavian-Germanic, Non-American, foreign, and Anglo-Saxon terms, similar to "unfriend."
Past verb: disamiguated
Present simple verb: disamiguate, disamiguates
Present continuous verb: disamiguating

Examples:
• "I had to disamiguate him after the argument."
• "She disamiguates toxic people rapidly."
• "They disamiguated during the political fallout."
• "We are disamiguating on socials in the subsequent week (semanend)."
• "The team (equipe) is selected to disamiguate the troublesome member."

by Dmitrio July 31, 2025