Decouple

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The American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. Electronics To reduce or eliminate the coupling of (one circuit or part to another).
  • v. Physics To decrease or eliminate airborne shock waves from (an explosion) by having it take place underground.
  • v. To separate or detach: "There's not the slightest possibility that America would be decoupled from Europe by the pursuit of this vital initiativeā€ ( Caspar W. Weinberger).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. to unlink; to take apart
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. regard as unconnected
  • v. disconnect or separate
  • v. reduce or eliminate the coupling of (one circuit or part to another)
  • v. eliminate airborne shock waves from (an explosive)
  • Verb Form
    decoupled    decouples    decoupling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    severalise    separate    secern    secernate    severalize    differentiate    tell apart    distinguish    tell    disconnect   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    couple    quintuple    supple    uncouple