<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object)<ul><li>dissociated, dissociating.</li><li>to break the association of; separate: The organization issued a statement dissociating itself from the violent protests.</li><li>It’s difficult for me to dissociate cranberries from Thanksgiving.</li><li>Psychiatry: to cause (certain mental processes or parts of the personality) to become separated from the main part of a person's consciousness as a result of trauma or mental illness: To avoid fear or pain, the victim may dissociate the memory of the place, circumstances, or feelings related to the incident.</li><li>to cause (a person) to undergo this kind of internal split: He may be so dissociated from his feelings that he can’t rely on them as a clue to whom to trust.</li><li>Chemistry: to cause (a complex substance) to resolve or decompose into its simpler constituents as a result of a change in physical conditions: UV radiation dissociates NO2 into NO (nitrogen monoxide) and O (atomic oxygen).</li><li>to cause (a constituent of a complex substance) to separate from others in this way: Within hours, the oxygen became dissociated from the hemoglobin of the blood clot.</li><li>to cause (the molecules of an electrolyte) to separate into their constituent atoms.</li></ul></li></ul>