disassociate

American  

[dis-uh-soh-shee-eyt, -see-] / ˌdɪs əˈsoʊ ʃiˌeɪt, -si- /

verb (used with object)

disassociated, disassociating

1. to dissociate.

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disassociate British  

/ ˌdɪsəˈsəʊʃɪˌeɪt /

verb

1. a less common word for dissociate

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Other Word Forms

• disassociation noun

Etymology

Origin of disassociate

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

Example Sentences

And fair enough if someone wanted to look at the work, but I could not disassociate him naming from his work.

From Los Angeles Times

"The production disassociates you with much of the feeling and heft of live performance."

From BBC

She’s completely reverting back to being a little girl and doesn’t know how to deal with getting in trouble, and she’s not taking in what’s what’s going on; she’s completely disassociating.

From Los Angeles Times

The victim told the BBC: "It makes me feel sick - I've tried to disassociate myself from it but whoever has done that has won, they have that of me now."

From BBC

"I would do anything not to go to the hospital, anything, I would just completely disassociate or avoid it altogether," she says.

From BBC