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English verb: decouple

1. decouple (contact) disconnect or separate


SamplesUncouple the hounds.


Synonymsuncouple


Pattern of useSomebody ----s something.
Something ----s something


Broader (hypernym)disconnect


Antonymscouple on, couple up, couple

2. decouple (cognition) regard as unconnected


SamplesYou must dissociate these two events!.
Decouple our foreign policy from ideology.


Synonymsdissociate


Pattern of useSomebody ----s something


Broader (hypernym)differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart


Antonymsassociate, colligate, link, relate, connect, tie in, link up

3. decouple (change) eliminate airborne shock waves from (an explosive)


Pattern of useSomebody ----s something


Broader (hypernym)do away with, eliminate, extinguish, get rid of


Domain categorynatural philosophy, physics

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


Pattern of useSomebody ----s something


Broader (hypernym)do away with, eliminate, extinguish, get rid of


Domain categoryelectronics









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