dissociate
(verb)
verb
1. part; cease or break association with
Similar word(s): disassociate, disjoint, disunite, divorce
Definition categories: social, break, part, separate, split
2. regard as unconnected
- you must dissociate these two events!
Similar word(s): decouple
Definition categories: cognition, differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell
3. to undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms
- acids dissociate to give hydrogen ions
Definition categories: change, decompose
Sentences with dissociate as a verb:
- A number of group members wish to dissociate themselves from the majority.
- After the big fight, the gang totally dissociated from each other.
- We dissociated the lead iodide into its elements by heating