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Synonyms
dis·so·ci·ate (dĭ-sṓshē-āt́, -sē-)

[Latin dissociāre, dissociāt-, dis-, dis-, + sociāre, to unite (from socius, companion; see sekw-1).]

verb: -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates. 

transitive verb 

  1. To remove from association; separate: “Marx never dissociated man from his social environment” (Sidney Hook)
  2. Chemistry To cause to undergo dissociation.

intransitive verb 

  1. To cease associating; part.
  2. Biology To mutate or change morphologically, often reversibly.
  3. Chemistry To undergo dissociation.

derivatives

dis·sóci·átive
adjective