decouple

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French découpler. By surface analysis, de- +‎ couple. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): [diːˈkʌpəɫ], [diːˈkʊpəɫ] === Verb === decouple (third-person singular simple present decouples, present participle decoupling, simple past and past participle decoupled) (ambitransitive) To unlink; to take apart or come apart. Synonyms: uncouple, unpair; dispair (uncommon) Hypernyms: separate; disassociate, disjoin, disunite Coordinate term: (economics) derisk (transitive, military) To muffle the seismic waves of (a nuclear explosion) by performing it underground. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “decouple”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.