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DISASSOCIATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they disassociate ... he / she / it disassociates
Past simple: disassociated
Past participle: disassociated
-ing form: disassociating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Part; cease or break association with
Example:
She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president
Synonyms:
disassociate; disjoint; dissociate; disunite; divorce
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "disassociate" is one way to...):
break; break up; part; separate; split; split up (discontinue an association or relation; go different ways)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
disassociation (a state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independently)
disassociation (the state of being unconnected in memory or imagination)