English-Spanish translations for dissociate

• desmarcar
• desmarcarse
• distanciar
  Tengo que distanciarme claramente de las críticas del señor Watson al señor Juncker, Presidente de la Unión Europea. I must clearly dissociate myself from Mr Watson’s criticism of Mr Juncker, President of the European Union.
• distanciarse
  ¿Cuándo van a distanciarse realmente las autoridades chinas de este y otros "amigos" africanos? When will the Chinese authorities truly dissociate themselves from this and other African 'friends'?
  A la vista de estos hechos, no debe extrañarnos que un número creciente de personas, sobre todo jóvenes, rechacen el consumo de carne con objeto de distanciarse de estos intolerables procedimientos. In face of these events we need not wonder why an increasing number of young people in particular are giving up meat in order to dissociate themselves from these intolerable happenings.

Definition of dissociate

• To make unrelated; to sever a connection; to separate
• To part; to stop associating
• To separate compounds into simpler component parts, usually by applying heat or through electrolysis
• To undergo dissociation

Examples

• A number of group members wish to dissociate themselves from the majority.
• After the big fight, the gang totally dissociated from each other.
• We dissociated the lead iodide into its elements by heating
• Gerald checked himself into the hospital because he was dissociating.

Related words

• dissociative
• dissociation
• undissociated
• dissociative disorder
• dissociative identity disorder
• dissociate oneself
• bond dissociation energy
• acid dissociation constant