dissociate

Example Sentences

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Maybe you're angry for some *waves hands* reason, and need to blow off steam with some shoot-'em-up action or dissociate from your everyday reality.

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2024

Because of this, only two of the three acid groups in the citric acid dissociate.

From Science Daily • Nov. 15, 2024

That’s how we dissociate their humanity from ours.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 27, 2023

In her break-up post, Nyong'o said she wanted to "publicly dissociate myself from someone I can no longer trust" and that her love was "extinguished by deception".

From BBC • Oct. 20, 2023

Whenever she was really scared or freaking out, the same thing always happened: she began to dissociate, reality loosening around her like a hammock deconstructing itself, spilling her out into sands of nothingness.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi