dissociate

1. (transitive) To make unrelated; to sever a connection; to separate.
2. (intransitive) To part; to stop associating.
3. (transitive) To separate compounds into simpler component parts, usually by applying heat or through electrolysis.
4. (intransitive) To undergo dissociation.
5. (intransitive) To undergo dissociation.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈsəʊ.ʃi.eɪt/

Etymology

From Latin dissociō (“dissociate”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), from dis- (“apart”) + sociō (“join”), from socius (“related, leagued”).

Synonyms

separate

disunite

segregate

break

disassociate

decouple

disengage

remove

divorce

atomize

disintegrate

take apart

sunder

disjoin

disjoint

fall apart

sequester

disperse

discriminate

disembroil

disentangle

disestablish

dismiss

dissever

dissipate

dissolve

distinguish

disunion

drop

excommunicate

expel

fan out

fend

fire

🔥

force out

fragment

go

go bad

isolate

isolation

keep apart

know

mark

oust

partition

resolve

scatter

secern

segregation

send down

Translations

dissocier

dissociar

disociar

scheiden

trennen

απομακρύνω

dissociëren

ayırmak

separare

διαχωρίζω

dissociare

zich

αποσπώ

abrumpo

sich distanzieren