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dissociate
1. To treat someone or something as distinct from or unconnected with someone or something else.
2. To cause the molecules of a compound to break down into simpler molecules, atoms, or ions; usually in a reversible reaction, or break down in this way.
3. To separate a group of mental processes from the rest of the mind, causing them to lose their usual relationship with it.
This entry is located in the following units: dis-, di-, dif- (page 28) social-, socia-, soci-, socio- + (page 2)