Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To remove from association; dissociate.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To dissociate; sever or separate from association.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To disconnect from things associated; to disunite; to dissociate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
separate oneself from aperson orsituation . - verb transitive To
separate intosmaller discrete units . - verb intransitive To separate from
related items.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb part; cease or break association with
Etymologies
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Examples
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During the next four hours, she learned that she could leave her body, go somewhere else, totally disassociate from the pain and horror.
His name was Carl 2007
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During the next four hours, she learned that she could leave her body, go somewhere else, totally disassociate from the pain and horror.
October 2007 2007
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Another option is the French term fantastique, which has a similarly wide application but which is, like "weird", hard to disassociate from the supernatural.
Strange Fiction 9 Hal Duncan 2006
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Another option is the French term fantastique, which has a similarly wide application but which is, like "weird", hard to disassociate from the supernatural.
Archive 2006-09-01 Hal Duncan 2006
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This is accomplished by sophisticated use of the brain's ability to disassociate, which is used to the extreme to create structured multiple personality-disordered minds.
WN.com - Articles related to Some states easing laws on liquor tastings 2010
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This is accomplished by sophisticated use of the brain's ability to disassociate, which is used to the extreme to create structured multiple personality-disordered minds.
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This is accomplished by sophisticated use of the brain's ability to disassociate, which is used to the extreme to create structured multiple personality-disordered minds.
WN.com - Articles related to Some states easing laws on liquor tastings 2010
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This is accomplished by sophisticated use of the brain's ability to disassociate, which is used to the extreme to create structured multiple personality-disordered minds.
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This is accomplished by sophisticated use of the brain's ability to disassociate, which is used to the extreme to create structured multiple personality-disordered minds.
WN.com - Articles related to Some states easing laws on liquor tastings 2010
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This is accomplished by sophisticated use of the brain's ability to disassociate, which is used to the extreme to create structured multiple personality-disordered minds.
WN.com - Articles related to Some states easing laws on liquor tastings 2010
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