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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (4)

1. disconnect or separate;
- Example: "uncouple the hounds"
[syn: uncouple, decouple]

2. regard as unconnected;
- Example: "you must dissociate these two events!"
- Example: "decouple our foreign policy from ideology"
[syn: decouple, dissociate]

3. eliminate airborne shock waves from (an explosive);

4. reduce or eliminate the coupling of (one circuit or part to another); 



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

decouple
    v 1: disconnect or separate; "uncouple the hounds" [syn:
         uncouple, decouple] [ant: couple, couple on,
         couple up]
    2: regard as unconnected; "you must dissociate these two
       events!"; "decouple our foreign policy from ideology" [syn:
       decouple, dissociate] [ant: associate, colligate,
       connect, link, link up, relate, tie in]
    3: eliminate airborne shock waves from (an explosive)
    4: reduce or eliminate the coupling of (one circuit or part to
       another)