dissociate

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

"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."

I experimented with them as a teen; they made me self-destructive and dissociated.

She has no trouble watching the finished product though — she can even dissociate and just watch it as a film.

You have to have to dissociate yourself from the character, but you also have to dissociate yourself from your work.