What is the meaning of decouple?

verb

  • Disconnect or separate.
    • usage: "uncouple the hounds"
  • Regard as unconnected.
    • usage: "you must dissociate these two events"; "decouple our foreign policy from ideology"
  • Eliminate airborne shock waves from (an explosive. )
  • Reduce or eliminate the coupling of (one circuit or part to another. ).
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