delink

American  

[dee-lingk] / diˈlɪŋk /

verb (used with object)

1. to make independent; dissociate; separate.

   The administration has delinked human rights from economic aid to underdeveloped nations.

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Other Word Forms

• delinkage noun

Etymology

Origin of delink

de- + link ¹

Example Sentences

Despite a nationwide surge in COVID-19 cases, deaths from the virus have remained largely stable over the past eight weeks, as vaccine booster shots and widely accessible treatments have helped to delink infections and mortality.

From Seattle Times • May 26, 2022

The new security cooperation is a major step in efforts by the Australian government to delink from China, which is Canberra’s biggest foreign market by far.

From Washington Times • Sep. 16, 2021

Users will also have to delink and relink their Instagram and Oculus accounts to their Facebook accounts.

From Slate • Oct. 1, 2018

We need to delink terrorism from religion—to isolate terrorists who use this interchange of arguments between terrorism and religion.

From Time • May 7, 2015

Learned books explained why people went delink, of course.

From A Matter of Importance by Leinster, Murray