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