as in to separate
to set or force apart
the company tried to disassociate itself from the rest of the industry, which is widely viewed as corrupt
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Recent Examples of disassociate
While Bush has had his issues with the NCAA, USC being on the lawsuit raised some eyebrows as their relationship seemed to have been patched up in recent years after the decade the school was forced to disassociate with him.
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Scott Thompson, Fox News, 23 Sep. 2024
Social media is full of posts of women share stories of spending hours doom-scrolling through news, ruminating over the future of reproductive rights, or disassociating from daily tasks.
—Elizabeth Pearson, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
For those who feel overwhelmed or even disassociated, Yokers recommends a sensory grounding exercise to connect with the present moment and anchor yourself somatically.
—Amanda Miller Littlejohn, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Maybe teenage Lily is just disassociating because her home life is, to put it lightly, traumatic.
—Nina Starner, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2024
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Scott Thompson, Fox News, 23 Sep. 2024
Social media is full of posts of women share stories of spending hours doom-scrolling through news, ruminating over the future of reproductive rights, or disassociating from daily tasks.
—Elizabeth Pearson, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
For those who feel overwhelmed or even disassociated, Yokers recommends a sensory grounding exercise to connect with the present moment and anchor yourself somatically.
—Amanda Miller Littlejohn, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Maybe teenage Lily is just disassociating because her home life is, to put it lightly, traumatic.
—Nina Starner, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disassociate
Verb
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The January Starship mishap occurred over the North Atlantic after the 171-foot (52-meter) Starship separated from the Super Heavy rocket booster that hauled it toward space.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN,
28 Feb. 2025
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This unique body of water, which separates Melbourne from the barrier island of Melbourne Beach, is incredibly biodiverse.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
27 Feb. 2025
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Primary care has long been associated with the image of a busy doctor, divided between patients and the administrative grind.—
Stephen Wunker,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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For decades afterward and until the advent of internet telephony, Druze families divided by the armistice lines who wanted to communicate with one another did so via megaphone in an area that came to be known as Shouting Hill.—
Uriel Heilman,
New York Daily News,
2 Mar. 2025
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Minor-league sports have become popular as an antidote to the moneyed juggernaut of global franchises, which can seem disconnected from the intimacy that made so many of us fans in the first place.—
Steven Zeitchik,
The Hollywood Reporter,
5 Mar. 2025
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The individual stories that play out in each level are disconnected from the overarching narrative of the game.—
Kyle Wilson,
Rolling Stone,
4 Mar. 2025
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The game is split into night and day cycles, where the danger of the journey melts into campfire talk at night and exchanging stories with other travelers.—
Megan Farokhmanesh,
WIRED,
5 Mar. 2025
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Premium costs are typically split between the employer and the employee.—
Jack Hooper,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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Since many Tesla owners want to dissociate themselves from the CEO, one company that sells such stickers claimed to be selling hundreds of them a day.—
Peter Lyon,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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Delle, as Lisa, spent so much time dissociating while her therapist watched and tried to help.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
17 Feb. 2025
Verb
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More many people either severed their cord or never had a cord connection in the first place.—
Alex Weprin,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Mar. 2025
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Pegged to the Apple TV+ hit's buzzy second season, the Severance team has teamed up with State Farm to help young adults who are separating — or, rather, severing — from a parent's auto insurance policy.—
Dory Jackson,
People.com,
1 Mar. 2025
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“Disassociate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disassociate. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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