dissociate
verbEtymology
From Latin dissociō (“dissociate”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), from dis- (“apart”) + sociō (“join”), from socius (“related, leagued”).
Definitions
To make unrelated
To make unrelated; to sever a connection; to separate.
- A number of group members wish to dissociate themselves from the majority.
To part
To part; to stop associating.
- After the big fight, the gang totally dissociated from each other.
To separate compounds into simpler component parts, usually by applying heat or through…
To separate compounds into simpler component parts, usually by applying heat or through electrolysis.
- We dissociated the lead iodide into its elements by heating
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To undergo dissociation.
The neighborhood
- antonymassociate
- neighboratomise
- neighboratomize
- neighbordisassociate
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at dissociate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at dissociate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at dissociate
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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