1. Part; cease or break association with
   - disassociate, divorce, disunite, disjoint 
2. Regard as unconnected
   "you must dissociate these two events!"
   - decouple 
3. To undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms
   "acids dissociate to give hydrogen ions"

Derived forms: dissociated, dissociates, dissociating

See also: dissociation, dissociative

Type of: break, break down, break up, decompose, differentiate, distinguish, part, secern, secernate, separate, severalise [Brit], severalize, split, split up, tell, tell apart

Antonym: associate

Encyclopedia: Dissociate

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