disjection
English
Etymology
From Latin disjicere, disjectum (“to throw asunder, disperse”), from dis- + jacere (“to throw”).
Noun
disjection (countable and uncountable, plural disjections)
- destruction; dispersion
- 1820, Samuel Horsley, Biblical Criticism
- a very striking image of the sudden disjection of Pharaoh's host
- 1820, Samuel Horsley, Biblical Criticism