decouple

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verb

1. disconnect or separate
- uncouple the hounds
• Syn:
uncouple
• Ant:
couple (for: uncouple)
• Hypernyms:
disconnect
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. regard as unconnected
- you must dissociate these two events!
- decouple our foreign policy from ideology
• Syn:
dissociate
• Ant:
associate (for: dissociate)
• Derivationally related forms:
dissociative (for: dissociate), dissociation (for: dissociate)
• Hypernyms:
distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate,
severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. eliminate airborne shock waves from (an explosive)
• Topics:
physics, natural philosophy
• Hypernyms:
extinguish, eliminate, get rid of, do away with
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. reduce or eliminate the coupling of (one circuit or part to another)
• Topics:
electronics
• Hypernyms:
extinguish, eliminate, get rid of, do away with
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something