decouple

verb

1. disconnect or separate

Similar word(s): uncouple

Definition categories: contact, disconnect

2. regard as unconnected

- decouple our foreign policy from ideology

Similar word(s): dissociate

Definition categories: cognition, differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell

3. eliminate airborne shock waves from (an explosive)

Definition categories: change, eliminate, extinguish

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

Definition categories: change, eliminate, extinguish