Dictionary Entry
dissociate
dissociate is a 10-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To separate from fellowship or union; to disunite; to disjoin; as, to dissociate the particles of a concrete substance. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
10 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 14 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To separate from fellowship or union; to disunite; to disjoin; as, to dissociate the particles of a concrete substance.
- 2verb
to undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms
"acids dissociate to give hydrogen ions"
- 3verb
regard as unconnected
"you must dissociate these two events!"
"decouple our foreign policy from ideology"
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- 4verb
part; cease or break association with
"She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president"
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