Dis-ôr'gan-īze, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. DISORGANIZED; p. pr. & vb. n. DISORGANIZING.] [Prefix dis and organize, q. v.; Fr. désorganiser.] To break or destroy the organic structure or connected system of; to dissolve the regular system or union of parts in; to throw into utter disorder; to disarrange and break up.

Lyford . . . attempted to disorganize the church. Eliot.