'decouple' definitions:

Definition of 'decouple'

(from WordNet)
verb
Disconnect or separate; "uncouple the hounds" [syn: uncouple, decouple] [ant: couple, couple on, couple up]
verb
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]
verb
Eliminate airborne shock waves from (an explosive)
verb
Reduce or eliminate the coupling of (one circuit or part to another)