Decouple Definition

decouple
verb
  1. disconnect or separate; "uncouple the hounds"
  2. regard as unconnected; "you must dissociate these two events!"; "decouple our foreign policy from ideology"
  3. eliminate airborne shock waves from (an explosive)
  4. reduce or eliminate the coupling of (one circuit or part to another)

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