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Dissociate

/dɪˈsəʊ.si.eɪt/

To make unrelated; to sever a connection; to separate.

📖 Definitions of "Dissociate"

verb

1
To make unrelated; to sever a connection; to separate.
"A number of group members wish to dissociate themselves from the majority."
2
To part; to stop associating.
"After the big fight, the gang totally dissociated from each other."
3
To separate compounds into simpler component parts, usually by applying heat or through electrolysis.
"We dissociated the lead iodide into its elements by heating"
4
To undergo dissociation.

4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
disuniteverb	(transitive) To separate, sever, or split.
disjointverb	(set theory, not comparable) Of two or more sets, having no members in common; having an intersection equal to the empty set.
divorcenoun	The legal dissolution of a marriage.
dissassociateverb	—

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
linknoun	A connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas.
connectverb	(transitive, of an object) To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to be a link between two objects, thereby attaching them to each other.
relateverb	(transitive) To bring into a relation, association, or connection (between one thing and another).
tie inverb	(intransitive, idiomatic) To fit in or harmonize (with something).
associatenoun	Joined with another or others and having lower status.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
disuniteverb	(transitive) To separate, sever, or split.
disjointverb	(set theory, not comparable) Of two or more sets, having no members in common; having an intersection equal to the empty set.
divorceverb	The legal dissolution of a marriage.
dissassociateverb	—
disassociateverb	To separate (oneself); to dissolve one's association with a person, group, or situation.
disconnectverb	(transitive) To sever or interrupt a connection.
displaceverb	To move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.
decoupleverb	(ambitransitive) To unlink; to take apart or come apart.
unlinkverb	(transitive) To decouple; to remove a link from, or separate the links of.
unbundleverb	To separate parts which have been bundled together.
seververb	(transitive) To cut free.
detachverb	(transitive) To take apart from; to take off.
isolateverb	(transitive) To set apart or cut off from others.
unbindverb	(transitive) To take bindings off.
untieverb	(transitive) To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to unbind.
separateverb	(transitive) To divide (a thing) into separate parts.
segregateverb	(transitive) To separate.
distinguishverb	To recognize someone or something as different from others based on its characteristics.
disengageverb	(ambitransitive) To release or loosen from something that binds, entangles, holds, or interlocks.
unrelateverb	(transitive) To remove from being in relation to something; to dissociate.