as in divided
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as in separated
to set or force apart
attempts to dissociate herself from her troubled past
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Recent Examples of dissociated
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
24 Apr. 2026
Out the bottom, hypoaroused, includes being disengaged, numb, frozen, apathetic or even dissociated.
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Dr. Joel M. Rothaizer,
Forbes.com,
5 Mar. 2026
Terms of UsePrivacy Policy Terms of UsePrivacy Policy Some fans attribute that to past infidelity and her being dissociated from the sentimental moment as a result.
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Essence,
4 Nov. 2025
But they are often dissociated from their emotions, struggling with indecision, or living in a constant state of low-level overwhelm.
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Ashleigh N. Deluca,
Parents,
4 Aug. 2025
Verb
This tadpole-like object is a clump of denser nebulosity that hasn't been completely photo-dissociated by the Trifid's radiation field yet.
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Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
24 Apr. 2026
Out the bottom, hypoaroused, includes being disengaged, numb, frozen, apathetic or even dissociated.
—
Dr. Joel M. Rothaizer,
Forbes.com,
5 Mar. 2026
Terms of UsePrivacy Policy Terms of UsePrivacy Policy Some fans attribute that to past infidelity and her being dissociated from the sentimental moment as a result.
—
Essence,
4 Nov. 2025
But they are often dissociated from their emotions, struggling with indecision, or living in a constant state of low-level overwhelm.
—
Ashleigh N. Deluca,
Parents,
4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissociated
Adjective
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It can only be used for spending and budgetary measures and allows for passing controversial legislation along party lines in the narrowly divided chamber.
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At sentencing, the remaining counts — a felony charge of first-degree involuntary manslaughter and a misdemeanor charge of driving the wrong way on a divided highway that resulted in a crash — will also be dismissed, according to the court document.
Verb
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As the aircraft approached Atlantic City, a portion of one of the main rotor blades separated, the NTSB report showed, tearing the transmission and rotor apart and sending the helicopter crashing onto the Garden State Parkway.
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Watching Bryce Dettloff and Trinity Tatum pine for each other while separated by Casa Amor and realize their feelings for each other while unable to talk was sincerely romantic.
Adjective
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They got approved for a mortgage on a £150,000 (about $198,441) two-bedroom, semi-detached house in Seaham, England.
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Olise has purposefully cultivated a kind of detached non-persona.
Verb
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So even if disconnected from headquarters, a brigade can still use the system.
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Carbon offsets, by contrast, can be difficult to verify and are often disconnected from local conditions.
Adjective
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In my disjointed sensory puzzle, the CCTV screens hold the next.
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This was the disjointed, mistimed offense that doomed the Spurs.
Verb
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After a 1980s split with Fidel Castro cost him the Interior Ministry, Valdés returned to power in the 2000s, overseeing telecommunications, serving as vice president and helping recover Che Guevara’s remains.
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The delays were split nearly evenly, affecting 332 flights departing the Denver airport and 287 flights arriving, according to FlightAware.
Adjective
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Instead, many become adept at connecting previously unlinked ideas.
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All three of the loops are linked (that is, they can’t be separated out from the others without cutting), but no two components are linked together independently: removing any one of the rings leaves the remaining ones unlinked.
Adjective
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The seemingly unconnected and largely overlooked disappearances of young women became the focus of true-crime documentaries, books and podcasts after police began discovering the victims’ skeletal remains in the sandy scrub along a coastal parkway.
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Two others are thought to have entered the cave earlier, unconnected to the five, and are still missing.
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“Dissociated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissociated. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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