decouple Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb disconnect or separate
    uncouple.
    • uncouple the hounds
  2. verb regard as unconnected
    dissociate.
    • you must dissociate these two events!
    • decouple our foreign policy from ideology
  3. verb eliminate airborne shock waves from (an explosive)
  4. verb reduce or eliminate the coupling of (one circuit or part to another)

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