disorganize Meaning, Definition & Usage

Dis*or"gan*ize transitive verb

Etymology

Pref. dis- + organize: cf. F. désorganiser.

Wordforms

imperfect & past participle Disorganized ; present participle & verbal noun Disorganizing

Definitions

1. 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).