"disassociate" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From dis- + associate.",
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      "form": "disassociates",
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "word": "dissociate"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dissociation"
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    {
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      "word": "dissolution"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "unaffiliated"
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        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: disestablish"
        },
        {
          "text": "After the scandal, the political party disassociated itself from the questionable candidate.",
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        },
        {
          "text": "If the whole membership disassociates, the result will be disestablishment.",
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        "To separate (oneself); to dissolve one's association with a person, group, or situation."
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        "en:quit or break up"
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          "text": "Coordinate term: granularize"
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          "text": "The problem is easier to understand if you disassociate the variables.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To separate into smaller discrete units, as with analysis."
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        "(transitive) To separate into smaller discrete units, as with analysis."
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        "en:logically analyze"
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          "text": "The fibers of this nonwoven textile disassociated when I tried to wash it.",
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        "To separate; to disunite; to disintegrate; to dissolve."
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          "dissolve",
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        "(intransitive, of linked components) To separate; to disunite; to disintegrate; to dissolve."
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        "(proscribed) Alternative form of dissociate"
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      "ipa": "/dɪsəˈsəʊʃieɪt/",
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        },
        {
          "text": "If the whole membership disassociates, the result will be disestablishment.",
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        "(transitive) To separate into smaller discrete units, as with analysis."
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          "text": "The fibers of this nonwoven textile disassociated when I tried to wash it.",
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        "To separate; to disunite; to disintegrate; to dissolve."
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          "disunite",
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        "(intransitive, of linked components) To separate; to disunite; to disintegrate; to dissolve."
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        "Alternative form of dissociate"
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        "(proscribed) Alternative form of dissociate"
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