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dissociate has 5 distinct synonyms spread across 2 of its 3 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its one recorded opposite is associate.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
part; cease or break association with
“She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president”
regard as unconnected
“you must dissociate these two events!”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for dissociate come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
to undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms
“acids dissociate to give hydrogen ions”