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dissociate

Dictionary definition · dissociate

verb

  1. part; cease or break association with"She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president"
  2. regard as unconnected"you must dissociate these two events!"
  3. to undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms"acids dissociate to give hydrogen ions"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).