10 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
verb part; cease or break association with
verb regard as unconnected
verb to undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms
originFrom Latin dissociō (“dissociate”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), from dis- (“apart”) + sociō (“join”), from socius (“related, leagued”).
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