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dissociate
(redirected from dissociating from)

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dis·so·ci·ate  (d-ssh-t, -s-)
v. dis·so·ci·at·ed, dis·so·ci·at·ing, dis·so·ci·ates
v.tr.
1. To remove from association; separate: "Marx never dissociated man from his social environment" (Sidney Hook).
2. Chemistry To cause to undergo dissociation.
v.intr.
1. To cease associating; part.
2. Biology To mutate or change morphologically, often reversibly.
3. Chemistry To undergo dissociation.

[Latin dissocire, dissocit- : dis-, dis- + socire, to unite (from socius, companion; see sekw-1 in Indo-European roots).]

dis·soci·ative adj.

dissociate [dɪˈsəʊʃɪˌeɪt -sɪ-]
vb
1. to break or cause to break the association between (people, organizations, etc.)
2. (tr) to regard or treat as separate or unconnected
3. to undergo or subject to dissociation
dissociative  adj
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Verb1.dissociate - part; cease or break association with; "She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president"
break up, part, split, split up, separate, break - discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up"
2.dissociate - regard as unconnected; "you must dissociate these two events!"; "decouple our foreign policy from ideology"
differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, severalise, severalize, tell apart, separate, tell - mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple"
associate, colligate, link, relate, tie in, connect, link up - make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all"
3.dissociate - to undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms; "acids dissociate to give hydrogen ions"
chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
decompose, break down, break up - separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts

dissociate disassociate
verb separate, distance, divorce, isolate, detach, segregate, disconnect, set apart how to dissociate emotion from reason
dissociate yourself from something or someone break away from, part company with, break off relations with, have nothing more to do with, sever connections with, end relations with He dissociated himself from his former friends.
Translations
dissociate [dɪˈsəʊʃɪeɪt] VTdisociar (from de) to dissociate o.s. from sth/sbdisociarse or desligarse de algo/algn

dissociate [dɪˈsəʊʃieɪt dɪˈsəʊsieɪt] vtdissocier
to dissociate o.s. from sb/sth → se dissocier de qn/qch

dissociate
vttrennen, dissoziieren (geh, Chem) → (from von); to dissociate oneself from somebody/somethingsich von jdm/etw distanzieren; two aspects which have become largely dissociatedzwei Aspekte, die sich weitgehend voneinander gelöst haben

dissociate [dɪˈsəʊʃɪˌeɪt] vt to disassociate (from)dissociare (da), separare (da)
to disassociate o.s. from → dichiarare di non avere niente a che fare con (from political line) → dissociarsi da
dissociate [dɪˈsəʊʃɪˌeɪt] vt to disassociate (from)dissociare (da), separare (da)
to disassociate o.s. from → dichiarare di non avere niente a che fare con (from political line) → dissociarsi da

dissociate
v dissociate [diˈsəusieit]
1 to separate, especially in thought. dissosieer يُفَرِّق، لا يَرْبط разединявам oddělit (se), odloučit (se) adskille fra trennen αποσυνδέω disociar lahus hoidma جدا کردن؛ تفکیک کردن erottaa dissocier לְהָפרִיד अलग करना या हो जाना rastaviti, odijeliti szétválaszt memisahkan rjúfa samband eða tengsl við dissociare 分離する 분리하다 (at)skirti nošķirt; atdalīt asingkan scheiden atskille, holde fra hverandre rozgraniczyć dissociar a disocia разобщать odlúčiť (sa) ločiti razdvojiti skilja, separera ทำให้แยกออกจากกัน ayrılmak 使分離(尤指思想意識) відокремлювати علاحدہ کرنا tách ra 使
2 to refuse to connect (oneself) (any longer) with I'm dissociating myself completely from their actions. losmaak يَفْصِل откъсвам distancovat se tage afstand; distancere sig distanzieren διαχωρίζω disociarse lahti ütlema ترک مراوده کردن sanoutua irti se dissocier לְנָתֶק रिश्ता तोड़ लेना odreći se, ograditi se távol tartja magát vmitől memisahkan rjúfa tengsl við dissociarsi 関係を断つ 관계를 끊다 at(si)riboti norobežoties tarik diri zich distantia aren van ta avstand fra odcinać się, dystansować sie dissociar(-se) a se desolidariza (de) отмежёвываться dištancovať sa distancirati se distancirati ta avstånd från แยกตัว ilişkisini kesmek, bağları koparmak 使分開 відмежовуватися کسی سے وابستہ ہونے سے انکار کرنا không liên quan 使


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TEPPCO believes that its actions in dissociating from the partnership are permitted by, and in accordance with, the terms of the TOPS partnership agreement and, should the need arise, intends to vigorously defend such actions.
Enterprise believes that its actions in dissociating from the partnership are permitted by, and in accordance with, the terms of the TOPS partnership agreement and, should the need arise, intends to vigorously defend such actions.
TEPPCO believes that its actions in dissociating from the partnership are permitted by, and in accordance with, the terms of the TOPS partnership agreement and, should the need arise, intends to vigorously defend such actions.
 
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