dissociates

Definition of dissociatesnext
present tense third-person singular of dissociate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissociates
Verb
  • The story centers on the daughter of a water tycoon who joins forces with a township gangster to challenge the powerful system that divides their society.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 12 Mar. 2026
  • That spell was broken on Thursday with five People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft operating around the Taiwan Strait over the previous 24 hours, according to Taiwan’s military, with several flying near the median line that divides the waterway.
    Wayne Chang, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Radcliffe also described what separates live audience participation from simply performing to a crowd.
    Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 13 Mar. 2026
  • View gallery - 6 images The Jiffy 75 is a split ergonomic keyboard on Kickstarter that separates the popular 75% compact layout into two halves to help reduce typing strain.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Griffin Creek, a 25-year-old living in southern Oregon and working in IT, makes $20 an hour and splits $1,500 rent for a 900-square-foot apartment with his girlfriend.
    Rachel Barber, USA Today, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Nayak splits a three-bedroom house with two fellow Amazon employees.
    Celia Fernandez Zachary Green, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Nancy Guthrie’s pacemaker app disconnects from her cellphone.
    Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Heybike has included several safety features like a magnetic kill switch that shuts off the power if the rider disconnects from the bike, a reverse assist that helps you back out of tight places, and throttle reset protection, which guards against unintentional launches.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Gathered around the couch, in a spacious living room soundtracked by hushed jazz piano, her little sister disassociates with headphones while her pops casually chats to her stepmother; observing from a wheelchair is her 94-year-old great-grandmother.
    Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Then make a 45-degree cut from the bed towards the first cut to form a trench that severs the root system of the nearby grass.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The arrangement severs the give-and-take relationship between provider and customer that disciplines every other sector of the economy.
    Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 5 Mar. 2026
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“Dissociates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissociates. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.

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