dissociate

1. (intransitive)To cease associating; To part.

   After the big fight, the gang totally dissociated from each other.

   part; cease or break association with

2. To cease associating; To part.

   (intransitive)To undergo dissociation.

   Gerald checked himself into the hospital because he was dissociating.

3. (transitive)To cease associating with; to make unrelated; to sever a connection; to separate.

   A number of group members wish to dissociate themselves from the majority.

   abspalten, scheiden, dissoziieren

4. To cease associating with; to make unrelated; to sever a connection; to separate.

   (transitive)To separate compounds into simpler component parts, usually by applying heat or through electrolysis.

   We dissociated the lead iodide into its elements by heating

   aufspalten, dissoziieren

1. I mostly just spent the whole day dissociating.

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2. Being a psychoactive agent, a hallucinogen can cause you to dissociate.

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3. He dissociated himself from the firm he had worked for for eighteen years.

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4. Without any healthy coping mechanisms it is possible that a patient will begin to dissociate pathologically.

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5. Because of my post-traumatic stress disorder, I tend to dissociate when faced with a stressful situation.

   deAufgrund meiner posttraumatischen Belastungsstörung neige ich dazu, mich abzukapseln, wenn ich in eine stressige Situation gerate.

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