disassociate
Collocations
5ADJ.
all, threatened
VERB + DISASSOCIATE
abuse, try
DISASSOCIATE + NOUN
herself, themselves, trauma, yourself
PREP.
from
ADV.
often
Definitions
verb
To separate (oneself); to dissolve one's association with a person, group, or situation.
After the scandal, the political party disassociated itself from the questionable candidate.
If the whole membership disassociates, the result will be disestablishment.
To separate into smaller discrete units, as with analysis.
The problem is easier to understand if you disassociate the variables.
To separate; to disunite; to disintegrate; to dissolve.
The fibers of this nonwoven textile disassociated when I tried to wash it.
Alternative form of dissociate.
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6After the scandal, the political party disassociated itself from the questionable candidate.
WiktionaryIf the whole membership disassociates, the result will be disestablishment.
WiktionaryYoung Americans for Freedom (YAF), a group that promotes conservatism on college campuses, has kicked one of its prominent speakers, Michelle Malkin, to the curb. […] YAF did exactly the right thing b
WiktionaryVera had to disassociate herself from her former best friends, who got into drugs.
Tatoeba · #792698Sexual abuse victims often disassociate from their trauma.
Tatoeba · #792701Try to disassociate all the confounding variables.
Tatoeba · #792704