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• v  part; cease or break association with
• v  regard as unconnected
  you must dissociate these two events!
• v  to undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms
  acids dissociate to give hydrogen ions

• Japanese like himself ought to fight for their ideas, break with their Government, dissociate themselves from a wrong and losing cause.
• McCain moved to dissociate himself from Hagee after a 1999 sermon was publicized in which Hagee claimed that God intended the Holocaust, and had prophesied it in the Book of .
• In many cases the therapists conclude, and eventually convince the patients through suggestion, that the repressed memories of childhood abuse have caused them to "dissociate.

• disassociate
• divorce
• disunite
• disjoint
• decouple

• associate

News & Articles

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• Ukrainian president urges opposition to step away from radicals
  Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovich urged leaders of the opposition on Wednesday to dissociate themselves from radicals and warned them that otherwise he will "talk differently" with them. Yanukovich also said in a statement some members of the anti-government opposition had crossed a line when they called on their supporters to bring weapons to the demonstration in the central square of ...
  Feb. 19, 2014 - Reuters via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• John Howard in Reuters
  I condemn it, I dissociate myself from it. It is no part of my campaign and the party has acted promptly to deal with it,Howard told local radio.
• Rajnath Singh in Times of India
  You have to put this in the context of inconsistencies in the way in which the FIA has treated breaches of the regulations over the years and, knowing what we know, we cannot dissociate this from the power play going on behind the scenes for... Damon Hill http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damon_Hill&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGg7RLatLLaVE-50c7sj3UUsNrAOw F1 Times http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.f1times.co.uk/damon-hill-it-s-all-part-of-bernie-s-game-622.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFNdcDRPvHioJ0dDTdfAZJYOLCWow Sep 22, 2009 28951 37662 dissociate In his opening address at the party's national executive here, Rajnath Singh said, Deoband is seeking to dissociate Muslims from terrorism. But the central government wants to equate Muslims with terrorism and on this very basis is rejecting an...