unlink

[ uhn-lingk ]

verb (used with object)

1. to separate the links link links of (a chain, linked link linked bracelet, watchband, etc.); unfasten.
2. to detach or separate by or as if by undoing one or more connecting links: link: links:

   to unlink hands.

verb (used without object)

1. to become detached.

Word History and Origins

Origin of unlink¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; un- ² + link ¹

Example Sentences

If you have third party accounts tied into your Facebook, this is also a good time to try and sort them out or unlink them.

From Popular-Science

It will take longer than this to unlink this one day's hope from its thousand fastnesses.

From Project Gutenberg

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