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

1. transitive verb. To separate from fellowship or union; to disunite; to disjoin; as, to dissociate the particles of a concrete substance.
2. verb. to undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms

   "acids dissociate to give hydrogen ions"

3. verb. regard as unconnected

   "you must dissociate these two events!"

   "decouple our foreign policy from ideology"

   Synonyms: decouple

4. verb. part; cease or break association with

   "She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president"

   Synonyms: disassociate, disjoint, disunite, divorce

Synonyms

decouple, disassociate, disjoint, disunite, divorce

Common word forms

dissociated, dissociates, dissociating

Words from these letters

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