DISSOCIATING Synonyms

• an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding)

• pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable

• make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten

• release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles

• free or remove obstruction from

• become free

• make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of

• become separated, disconnected or disjoint

• part; cease or break association with

• force, take, or pull apart

• the legal dissolution of a marriage

• part; cease or break association with

• get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage

• someone who is or has been segregated

• separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation

• divide from the main body or mass and collect

• separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others

• independent; not united or joint

• a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication

• a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments

• standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything

• separated according to race, sex, class, or religion

• have the connection undone; having become separate

• act as a barrier between; stand between

• force, take, or pull apart

• mark as different

• separate into parts or portions

• divide into components or constituents

• arrange or order by classes or categories

• make a division or separation

• discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

• go one's own way; move apart

• become separated into pieces or fragments

• treat differently on the basis of sex or race

• move or break apart

• divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork

• pull back or move away or backward

• withdraw from active participation

• release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles

• cause to be returned

• take back what one has said

• keep away from others

• break from a meeting or gathering

• retire gracefully

• remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)

• lose interest

• make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity

• remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract

• disconnect or separate

• regard as unconnected

• eliminate airborne shock waves from (an explosive)

• reduce or eliminate the coupling of (one circuit or part to another)

• part; cease or break association with

• having no elements in common

• part; cease or break association with

• separate at the joints

• make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of

• become separated, disconnected or disjoint

• part; cease or break association with

• force, take, or pull apart

• the legal dissolution of a marriage

• part; cease or break association with

• get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage