disassociate

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

verb (used with object)

, dis·as·so·ci·at·ed, dis·as·so·ci·at·ing.

1. to dissociate.

disassociate

/ ˌdɪsəˈsəʊʃɪˌeɪt /

verb

1. a less common word for dissociate

Derived Forms

• ˌdisasˌsociˈation, noun

Other Words From

• disas·soci·ation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of disassociate¹

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

Example Sentences

So, you can choose to disassociate them completely from your brand or be open to working with businesses that operate with them.

From Search Engine Watch

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.

From Digiday

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.

From Washington Post

As Martian water molecules rise into and then escape from the atmosphere, they disassociate into free hydrogen and oxygen atoms.

From Time

Marnell makes no effort to disassociate her drug use from her body-image obsession.

From The Daily Beast

The RNC moved quickly to disassociate itself from the document.

From The Daily Beast

Socialists are very anxious to disassociate these from the "Proletarian" Sunday-schools which teach atheism.

From Project Gutenberg

My colleague, Mr. Fleming, made the remark that he could not disassociate longitude from time.

From Project Gutenberg

The bearing of this list upon any question whatsoever of general philosophy is evident for all who know how to disassociate ideas.

From Project Gutenberg

The Hulgun nobles were grouped together, trying to disassociate themselves from both the king and the priests of Muz-Azin.

From Project Gutenberg

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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