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-- dissociate --
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dissociate

dis`so´ci`ate   Pronunciation: dĭs`sō´shĭ`āt
v. t.1.To separate from fellowship or union; to disunite; to disjoin; as, to dissociate the particles of a concrete substance.
[imp. & p. p. Dissociated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissociating.]
Before Wyclif's death in 1384, John of Gaunt had openly dissociated himself from the reformer.
- A. W. Ward.
Verb1.dissociate - part; cease or break association with; "She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president"
2.dissociate - regard as unconnected; "you must dissociate these two events!"; "decouple our foreign policy from ideology"
Synonyms: decouple
Antonyms:
associate, colligate, link, relate, tie in, connect, link up - make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all"
3.dissociate - to undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms; "acids dissociate to give hydrogen ions"
abrupt, abstract, alienate, cast off, cast out, catalyze, cut adrift, cut off, cut out, delete, depart, detach, dialyze, disarticulate, disassociate, disconnect, disengage, disjoin, disjoint, distance, disunite, divide, divorce, eject, electrolyze, estrange, expel, hydrolyze, isolate, leave, part, photolyze, pull away, pull back, pull out, segregate, separate, sequester, set apart, set aside, sever, shut off, split, stand aloof, stand apart, stand aside, step aside, subtract, throw off, throw out, uncouple, unyoke, withdraw

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