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dissociate

v.
US //dɪˈsoʊsieɪt// UK //dɪsˈəʊsɪˌeɪt// dis·so·ci·ate
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From Latin dissociō (“dissociate”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), from dis- (“apart”) + sociō (“join”), from socius (“related, leagued”).

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