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unlink

American

[uhn-lingk] / ʌnˈlɪŋk /

verb (used with object)

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

to unlink hands.

verb (used without object)

to become detached.

Etymology

Origin of unlink

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

Example Sentences

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Unlink, un-lingk′, v.t. to separate the links of, to untwist.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

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