dissociate

"For example, if at first proteins A and B are separate, adding caffeine brings them together; conversely, if proteins A and B start out together, adding a drug like rapamycin can cause them to dissociate."

From Science Daily ● Feb. 28, 2026

I still do it when she’s napping though, I just sit on my phone and fully dissociate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 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

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

Suddenly I wanted to dissociate myself from Joan completely.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

The σ subunit dissociates from the polymerase after transcription has been initiated.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

The oxygen dissociates from the Hb molecule, shifting the oxygen dissociation curve to the right.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

Phosphorylation of the inhibitor IκB dissociates the complex between it and NF-κB, allowing NF-κB to enter the nucleus and stimulate transcription.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

The H+ ion dissociates from the hemoglobin and binds to the bicarbonate ion.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

The protein molecule dissociates at a high temperature, with formation of volatile products, and therefore foods rich in protein should not be subjected to extreme heat, as losses of food value may result.

From Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value by Harry Snyder

When people are more dissociated, “they may describe feeling numb, being on ‘autopilot,’ ” Brand says.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

I’m slightly dissociated because it’s already been done, so I feel good; I don’t feel anxious about it now.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2025

The police dissociated itself from the information and said an investigation was under way to identify those responsible.

From BBC ● May 21, 2025

In his scheme, the qubits would consist not of atoms, but those special anyon pairs, which can capture quantum information in their dissociated electrons.

From Science Magazine ● Dec. 20, 2023

It was soothing, somehow, to the feelings to find myself dissociated even in the mind of this poor madman from the others; but all the same I do not follow his thought.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

"If you can trick gold into dissociating oxygen, it can actually become a very effective catalyst for certain reactions," Montemore said.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026

There was crying, complaining, dissociating and even laughing on those couches.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026

"She's created popularity by dissociating herself from the party's stagnant image," he says.

From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2026

It was still early days when I found myself mildly dissociating as my blender chugged away on what would become a pan of brownies fashioned from only two ingredients.

From Salon ● Dec. 26, 2020

At its annual convention in Washington, DC, a group of women offered a resolution officially dissociating the group from Stanton and The Woman's Bible.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling