uncouple

[ uhn-kuhp-uhl ]

/ ʌnˈkʌp əl /

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verb (used with object), un·cou·pled, un·cou·pling.

to release the coupling or link between; disconnect; let go: to uncouple railroad cars.

to end (a romantic relationship or marriage): Their marriage was uncoupled by financial problems.

verb (used without object), un·cou·pled, un·cou·pling.

to become unfastened; let go: The glider uncoupled from the tow plane.

to end a romantic relationship or marriage: My sister and her boyfriend have uncoupled after ten years together.

(of a romantic relationship or marriage) to end.

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Origin of uncouple

1300–50; Middle English unco(u)plen;see un-², couple

Words nearby uncouple

uncorrected, uncorroborated, uncorrupted, uncountable, uncounted, uncouple, uncourteous, uncourtly, uncouth, uncovenanted, uncover

How to use uncouple in a sentence

It’s a question with an obvious answer, one that Saruhashi is bringing to light while working to uncouple prisons from profit.
He’s Taking on the For-Profit Prison Telecommunications Industry|Barbara Fletcher|July 26, 2021|Ozy
That means transmission and severe disease and death are partially uncoupled, biologically.
“We never created a supervirus.” Ralph Baric explains gain-of-function research.|Rowan Jacobsen|July 26, 2021|MIT Technology Review
By taking an intersectional approach to data collection and uncoupling various groups within the community we can see data in a more meaningful and productive way.
Addressing the Flaws in our Mental Healthcare System Could Save Young LGBTQ Lives|Amit Paley|July 23, 2021|Time
None of those acquisitions worked out, they noted, and the companies soon uncoupled.
For the entertainment industry, an HBO Max move is causing peak upset|Steven Zeitchik|December 9, 2020|Washington Post

Our hospitals and medical specialty organizations can help reduce overtesting by uncoupling physician pay and test ordering.
My cancer might be back—and I wonder if unnecessary radiation caused it in the first place|jakemeth|September 22, 2020|Fortune
Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin have announced their intention to ‘consciously uncouple’—whatever that means.
Seriously Gwyneth? WTF Is ‘Conscious Uncoupling’?|Tim Teeman|March 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As revealed in a break-up statement on her website Goop, she and Martin have decided to “consciously uncouple.”
Seriously Gwyneth? WTF Is ‘Conscious Uncoupling’?|Tim Teeman|March 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There was no need for the firemen to uncouple a line of hose from the reel.
From Place to Place|Irvin S. Cobb
She never relaxed her efforts to break the lovers' hold upon each other's arms, to unbind them, to uncouple them.
Germinie Lacerteux|Edmond and Jules de Goncourt
He sent his fireman back to the first car, with orders to uncouple the engine.
The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him|Paul Leicester Ford
But the law of New York State says that married couples shall not uncouple amicably and intelligently.
We Can't Have Everything|Rupert Hughes
When they attempted to start that train, didn't they rush on and uncouple the cars?
Report of the Committee Appointed to Investigate the Railroad Riots in July, 1877|Various

British Dictionary definitions for uncouple

uncouple

/ (ʌnˈkʌpəl) /

verb

to disconnect or unfasten or become disconnected or unfastened

(tr) to set loose; release

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