disassociate

Verb

Meaning

To disconnect from things associated; to disunite; to dissociate.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

divorce disjoint dissociate disunite cleave sunder distance separate break split remove divide withdraw segregation isolate

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Antonyms

associate league cleave group company bridge

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Hypernyms

separate break split break-up part split up

Related terms

dissociation dissolution dissociate unaffiliated unassociated

Phrases with the word

disassociate itself disassociate myself disassociate themselves

Derivatives

disassociated disassociating

Examples

She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president Source: Internet

Adams said: "I'm very, very clear about my denial of IRA membership but I don't disassociate myself from the IRA." Source: Internet

Comic artist Felipe Echevarria has explained that this was due to Perkins' refusal to allow his likeness to be replicated for the books, wanting to disassociate himself with Norman Bates. Source: Internet

History Svante Arrhenius put forth, in his 1884 dissertation, his explanation of the fact that solid crystalline salts disassociate into paired charged particles when dissolved, for which he won the 1903 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Source: Internet

The Jargon File hence calls him "a true hacker who blundered". citation Nevertheless, members of the programmer subculture have a tendency to look down on and disassociate from these overlaps. Source: Internet

Cartier agreed that the biggest hurdle in the way of public acceptance is to disassociate 'affordable' housing from public housing or housing for the poor. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

disassimilate disassimilation disassimilative disassociate itself disassociate myself disassociate themselves