Verb

To make unrelated; to sever a connection; to separate.

A number of group members wish to dissociate themselves from the majority.

To part; to stop associating.

After the big fight, the gang totally dissociated from each other.

(chemistry) To separate compounds into simpler component parts, usually by applying heat or through electrolysis.

We dissociated the lead iodide into its elements by heating

(chemistry) To undergo dissociation.

(psychology) To undergo dissociation.

Gerald checked himself into the hospital because he was dissociating .

Verb

To cause to cease to be unified; to split up or dissociate.

*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=January 10, author=A.O. Scott, title=A Film Festival for a Jewish World That Spans the Globe, work=New York Times citation

, passage=And so the 16th annual New York Jewish Film Festival — not to be confused with the Woody Allen retrospective currently wrapping up downtown at Film Forum — presents an engagingly disunified program, with something to appeal to, or alienate, every taste. }}