Divorce
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The legal dissolution of a marriage. A separation of connected things.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To legally dissolve a marriage between two people. To end one's own marriage in this way. To separate something that was connected. To obtain a legal divorce.
Example sentence: 'The melancholy of all things done' is the way Buzz once described his complete mental breakdown after returning from the moon. Booze. A couple of divorces. A psych ward. Broke. At one point he was selling cars.
Disassociate
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To separate oneself from a person or situation.To separate into smaller discrete units.To separate from related items.