as in to separate
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 disassociate
Initially, Florian said the city chose to disassociate itself from the Monsanto lawsuit and file its own litigation.
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Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2026
Your family will change their names to disassociate with your memory.
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Logan Smith,
CBS News,
2 Mar. 2026
To disassociate Braunau from Hitler’s legacy, the town government in 1989 placed a granite block from the Mauthausen concentration camp quarry before the building, inscribed with a memorial to the victims of fascism.
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Cary Lowe,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Feb. 2026
Laporta wanted to disassociate himself completely from the project and Barca’s strongest rivals before club members go to the polls.
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Laia Cervelló Herrero,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for disassociate
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2026
Your family will change their names to disassociate with your memory.
—
Logan Smith,
CBS News,
2 Mar. 2026
To disassociate Braunau from Hitler’s legacy, the town government in 1989 placed a granite block from the Mauthausen concentration camp quarry before the building, inscribed with a memorial to the victims of fascism.
—
Cary Lowe,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Feb. 2026
Laporta wanted to disassociate himself completely from the project and Barca’s strongest rivals before club members go to the polls.
—
Laia Cervelló Herrero,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for disassociate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disassociate
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By 58% to 42%, those surveyed said Americans were mostly separated by different values, not bound by shared ones.
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De la Espriella strikes reassuring tone With only a few hundred thousand votes separating the two candidates, De la Espriella used his victory speech to try to calm his critics.
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Looking along party lines, Republicans are closely divided on AI, as 38% expect a positive impact on the economy and 40% expecting a negative impact.
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Tens of thousands of North Koreans have fled to South Korea since the peninsula was divided by war in the 1950s.
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If time permits, lock your home upon departure and disconnect utilities and appliances.
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Hobbs disconnected the state's voter database from the site and sent a quick reaction team to help fix whatever gap the foreign users had slipped through.
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While facing some of the premier beach volleyball players in the nation, the duo has split their last four matches.
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The last jackpot win came May 2, when two tickets split $20 million, a relatively small prize that reset the game’s steady climb.
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The moves toughen the environment in Brazil for giants like Google, Meta and TikTok, who have long tried to dissociate themselves with crimes online committed by users.
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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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The Townshend Revenue Act threatened to sever this link between Colonial legislatures and British officials.
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The workers' group opposes Ryder's Law, which will sever the main income source for many of the heavily immigrant owners and drivers.
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The listening sessions, however, are not an opportunity for parents and community members to voice their displeasure with district leadership about specific decisions or to resolve issues on the spot.
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Oakland Unified officials said a $30 million spending reduction in recent months resolved the schools’ operating deficit and has even produced nearly $8 million in breathing room, though longer-term costs still outpace revenues through the end of the decade.
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“Disassociate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disassociate. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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