The Collaborative International Dictionary
dissociate \dis*so"ci*ate\ (d[i^]s*s[=o]"sh[i^]*[=a]t), v. t. [L. dissociatus, p. p. of dissociare to dissociate; dis- + sociare to unite, associate, socius companion. See Social.] To separate from fellowship or union; to disunite; to disjoin; as, to dissociate the particles of a concrete substance.
Before Wyclif's death in 1384, John of Gaunt had openly
dissociated himself from the reformer.
--A. W. Ward.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of dissociate English)
Usage examples of "dissociating".
Further, the transformation from mythic-membership to egoic-ratio-nality (and its perils) is already open to China, Cuba, Libya, Iraq, North Korea, Serbia, and any other social holon that wishes to surrender its mythic "superiority" and join the community of nations governed by international law and mutual recognition, that wishes to cease dissociating and splitting off from the free exchange of planetary consciousness, that wishes to reintegrate into a common world spirit and collective sharing of reason and communication and vision.
She suffered his embrace, deliberately dissociating herself from this group of—of children.
Something is definitely dissociating seawater into hydrogen and oxygen.
Just as in our point-particle description, this string travels a bit, and then releases the energy derived from the two initial strings by dissociating into two strings that travel onward.
Finally, at (d), this string gives up its energy by dissociating into a pair of strings that head off in new directions.
You see, gentlemen, that is how dedicated I am to dissociating myself from anything remotely resembling a human body.
Stanton murmured, dissociating himself slightly from Gurowski's intimate knowledge of the inner workings of the Lincoln Cabinet.