DIS ASSOCIATING Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

disassociating

verb

present participle of disassociate

as in separating

to set or force apart the company tried to disassociate itself from the rest of the industry, which is widely viewed as corrupt

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Recent Examples of disassociating Eugene Levy recalled the Home Alone actor disassociating from a friend who worried about his weight. — Mark Gray, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025

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With less than a point separating the top five competitors, the all-around race quickly heated up.

— Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
The two spacecraft rode to Mars together, with the lander separating from the orbiter ahead of its landing on the Red Planet.

— Tariq Malik, Space.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of separating

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Chin-Hong thinks about risk as a continuum, rather than dividing the world into safe and dangerous.

— Angela Haupt, Time, 10 Aug. 2026
Drew Fisher of Eden Prairie, Minnesota, hit the attenuator dividing Interstate 94 from the Lyndale Avenue exit near Olson Memorial Highway, the Minnesota State Patrol said.

— WCCO Staff, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of dividing

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The new order calls for splitting up combination vaccines, like the one that protects against measles, mumps and rubella, which would be given as three shots instead of one, at three separate office visits.

— Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
The order also calls for splitting the combined measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine into separate shots, which would require years of investment.

— Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of splitting

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