dissociate

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"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

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

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