dissociate — Dictionnaire anglais

Verbe

1. To cease associating; To part.

   Usage

   • intransitif

   Antonymes

   associate

   Exemples

   After the big fight, the gang totally dissociated from each other.

2. To cease associating; To part. To undergo dissociation.

   Usage

   • intransitif

   Exemples

   Gerald checked himself into the hospital because he was dissociating.

3. To cease associating; To part. To undergo dissociation.

   Usage

   • intransitif

4. To cease associating with; to make unrelated; to sever a connection; to separate.

   Usage

   • transitif

   Antonymes

   associate

   Exemples

   A number of group members wish to dissociate themselves from the majority.

5. To cease associating with; to make unrelated; to sever a connection; to separate. To separate compounds into simpler component parts, usually by applying heat or through electrolysis.

   Usage

   • transitif

   Exemples

   We dissociated the lead iodide into its elements by heating

Verbe

1. part; cease or break association with

   Synonymes

   disassociatedivorcedisunitedisjoint

   Termes génériques

   separatepartsplit upsplitbreakbreak up

   Exemples

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

2. regard as unconnected

   Synonymes

   decouple

   Antonymes

   associate

   Termes génériques

   distinguishseparatedifferentiatesecernsecernateseveralizeseveralisetelltell apart

   Exemples

   you must dissociate these two events!

   decouple our foreign policy from ideology

3. to undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms

   Termes génériques

   decomposebreak upbreak down

   Exemples

   acids dissociate to give hydrogen ions