Dissociate - Definition
dissociate
v 1: part; cease or break association with; "She disassociated
herself from the organization when she found out the
identity of the president" [syn: disassociate,
dissociate, divorce, disunite, disjoint]
2: regard as unconnected; "you must dissociate these two
events!"; "decouple our foreign policy from ideology" [syn:
decouple, dissociate] [ant: associate, colligate,
connect, link, link up, relate, tie in]
3: to undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule
into simpler molecules or atoms; "acids dissociate to give
hydrogen ions"