disassociate

[ dis-uh-soh-shee-eyt, -see- ]

See synonyms for: disassociate disassociated disassociation on Thesaurus.com

verb (used with object),dis·as·so·ci·at·ed, dis·as·so·ci·at·ing.

to dissociate.

Origin of disassociate

First recorded in 1595–1605; dis-¹ + associate

Other words from disassociate

dis·as·so·ci·a·tion, noun

Words that may be confused with disassociate

disassociate , dissociate

Words Nearby disassociate

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How to use disassociate in a sentence

So, you can choose to disassociate them completely from your brand or be open to working with businesses that operate with them.
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What Zoom did have to do, however, was find new ways to balance the new onslaught of consumers, disassociate Zoom with the Zoom fatigue phenomenon and how hybrid work will further take shape in the future.
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The university largely disassociated itself from those Fab Five teams because of NCAA violations that occurred while they played there, but the return of Howard makes that impossible to ignore.
Juwan Howard’s first banners at Michigan came down. He’s ready to hang another one. | Kareem Copeland | March 18, 2021 | Washington Post
As Martian water molecules rise into and then escape from the atmosphere, they disassociate into free hydrogen and oxygen atoms.
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Marnell makes no effort to disassociate her drug use from her body-image obsession.
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The RNC moved quickly to disassociate itself from the document.
Ticking Off the Tea Party Crowd | Benjamin Sarlin | March 4, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
Socialists are very anxious to disassociate these from the "Proletarian" Sunday-schools which teach atheism.
Secret Societies And Subversive Movements | Nesta H. Webster
My colleague, Mr. Fleming, made the remark that he could not disassociate longitude from time.
International Conference Held at Washington for the Purpose of Fixing a Prime Meridian and a Universal Day. October, 1884. | Various
The bearing of this list upon any question whatsoever of general philosophy is evident for all who know how to disassociate ideas.
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The Hulgun nobles were grouped together, trying to disassociate themselves from both the king and the priests of Muz-Azin.
Temple Trouble | Henry Beam Piper
It has been my great battle for years to endeavor to persuade the public to realize that it must disassociate the two.
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British Dictionary definitions for disassociate

disassociate

/ (ˌdɪsəˈsəʊʃɪˌeɪt) /

verb

a less common word for dissociate

Derived forms of disassociate

disassociation, noun

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