dissociate
Example Sentences
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Mazin: If you make me dissociate, I’m watching.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2025
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
"You have to dissociate yourself. More or less, you are robotic. This is the way you have to behave, but inside, you are deeply injured. You are seeing the nation injured."
From BBC • Sep. 19, 2024
She has no trouble watching the finished product though — she can even dissociate and just watch it as a film.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 22, 2024
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
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