DISSOCIATING Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

dissociating

verb

present participle of dissociate

as in separating

to set or force apart attempts to dissociate herself from her troubled past

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Recent Examples of dissociating There was crying, complaining, dissociating and even laughing on those couches. — Wendy C. Ortiz, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026

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On the path through the cornfield separating the movie site from the stadium sits a bar and seating areas.

— Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Monday’s announcement by the Republican president calls for separating combination shots — including the measles, mumps and rubella, or MMR, vaccine — into separate injections.

— Matthew Perrone, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of separating

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The weeks that followed have been packed with political posturing, protests and provocative talk-show fodder, much of it aimed at dividing people much more than to actually support women’s sports.

— Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2026
Both my wife and I have been through the loss of our parents and found the following method has worked very well for dividing up sentimental possessions among the many brothers and sisters on both sides of the family.

— R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of dividing

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Lindsay was working as a labor and delivery nurse at the time, while Patrick was in tech sales, splitting his time between a home office in the basement and work trips selling software that kept him on the road throughout the year.

— Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026
As travel costs rise, vacationers are splitting trips into two contrasting parts, seeking emotional balance while making one expensive journey feel more worthwhile.

— Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of splitting

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While severing thread-ectronics will destroy them, eutectogels are stable, soft enough to touch or connect to the human body, and allow transistor repair through the simple application of low heat.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Aug. 2026
Moving Instagram to a bigger screen, then, is usually a route not to normalizing it in that new space but instead to severing ties with it altogether.

— Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 2 Aug. 2026

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