dissociate

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

verb part; cease or break association with
verb regard as unconnected
verb to undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms

From Latin dissociō (“dissociate”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), from dis- (“apart”) + sociō (“join”), from socius (“related, leagued”).

How, then were they dissociated? — The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson
When was sciolism ever dissociated from laxity? — Middlemarch, George Eliot
You have dissociated yourself from him completely. — Miss Mapp, E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson

disassociate, divorce, disunite, disjoint

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