intransitive verb. To remove from association; separate.

intransitive verb. To cause to undergo dissociation.

intransitive verb. To cease associating; part.

intransitive verb. To mutate or change morphologically, often reversibly.

intransitive verb. To undergo dissociation.

To sever the association or connection of; dissever; disunite; separate.

Specifically

In chem., to separate the elements of; decompose by dissociation.

To undergo dissociation; of an electrolyte in solution, to separate into ions some possessing positive and some negative electric charges, and capable of conveying an electric current by their motion through the solution with these charges.

transitive verb. To separate from fellowship or union; to disunite; to disjoin.

verb. To make unrelated; to sever a connection; to separate.

verb. To part; to stop associating.

verb. To separate compounds into simpler component parts, usually by applying heat or through electrolysis.

verb. To undergo dissociation.

verb. To undergo dissociation.

verb. to undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms

verb. regard as unconnected

verb. part; cease or break association with

"There are also a percentage of people who have to dissociate from the realities of what they are doing to survive."

associate  

dissociated  dissociating  dissociation  dissociative  

break  breakdown  breakup  decompose  differentiate  

disassociate  

abrupt  abstract  alienate  cast off  cast out  

dissociated  dissociates  dissociating