uncouple

verb

ˌən-ˈkə-pəl How to pronounce uncouple (audio)
Definition of uncouplenext
as in to separate
to set or force apart uncoupled the two railroad cars

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Recent Examples of uncouple As things stand, Senate GOP leadership doesn’t plan to uncouple the DHS bill from the other five government funding bills, which have wide support. — Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 27 Jan. 2026 Nigo has mostly favored coed shows during the men’s calendar in Paris since 2022, but had recently uncoupled them to give womenswear a bigger spotlight. — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 18 Dec. 2025 In exchange for some $200 million per season, NBC and Peacock will assume dominion over the Sunday Night Baseball package from which ESPN uncoupled itself in February. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 24 Sep. 2025 To enable the correction independently of the switching cycles of the movement, a clutch uncouples the hour ring from the jumping numerals mechanism with every actuation of the pusher. — Anthony Demarco, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for uncouple
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncouple
  1. separate
  2. divide
  3. split
  4. disconnect
  5. decouple
  6. sever
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  • The mediator does an intense workout taking the offers and counteroffers between the parties, up and down an elegant staircase that separates the teams.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
  • This allows the researchers to produce hydrogen and epoxide without a membrane separating the electrodes.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of separate
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  • The park is divided into 13 sections or access points, each with different amenities, attractions and camping rules.
    — Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2026
  • For Rodan-Benzaquen, one of the greatest dangers is that the demonstrations reflect a society increasingly divided into competing political realities.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of divide
Verb
  • Taiwan and China split after a civil war in 1949, but Beijing claims the island as part of its own territory.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Without him, the court could split 4 to 4 and be unable issue a decision.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of split
Verb
  • The team also demonstrated that the sheet could reconstruct its overall shape even after some fibers were cut or disconnected.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Institutions built solely around the traditional undergraduate experience risk becoming increasingly disconnected from the realities of today’s learners.
    — Irma Becerra, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of disconnect
Verb
  • The problem is the transition costs, which are unavoidable and cannot be decoupled from efforts to avoid the future warming that awaits us.
    — Stephanie Walton, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Engineers must decouple search-data integration from my formatting engine so that retrieving web information does not automatically trigger a mandatory text truncation.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of decouple
Verb
  • The Hall of Famer’s ties with Chicago were once again severed, this time with his firing in 1993 following a 5-11 season.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Attorneys general in Florida, Iowa, Montana, and Nebraska claim TP-Link never truly severed ties with its Chinese business in 2024 after relocating its global HQ to Irvine, California.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of sever

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“Uncouple.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncouple. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

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