uncoupling

verb

present participle of uncouple
as in separating
to set or force apart uncoupled the two railroad cars

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Recent Examples of uncoupling Before installation begins, contractors should evaluate the subfloor and, when necessary, install an uncoupling membrane to absorb movement and help prevent cracking. — Angelika Pokovba, Martha Stewart, 12 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncoupling
  1. separating
  2. dividing
  3. splitting
  4. disconnecting
  5. decoupling
  6. severing
Verb
  • With less than a point separating the top five competitors, the all-around race quickly heated up.
    — Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The two spacecraft rode to Mars together, with the lander separating from the orbiter ahead of its landing on the Red Planet.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of separating
Verb
  • Chin-Hong thinks about risk as a continuum, rather than dividing the world into safe and dangerous.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Drew Fisher of Eden Prairie, Minnesota, hit the attenuator dividing Interstate 94 from the Lyndale Avenue exit near Olson Memorial Highway, the Minnesota State Patrol said.
    — WCCO Staff, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of dividing
Verb
  • The new order calls for splitting up combination vaccines, like the one that protects against measles, mumps and rubella, which would be given as three shots instead of one, at three separate office visits.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The order also calls for splitting the combined measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine into separate shots, which would require years of investment.
    — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of splitting
Verb
  • Or have there been unintended consequences from disconnecting from linear cable?
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Try disconnecting your router on a weekend afternoon and play board games with your family.
    — Kara Alaimo, CNN Money, 29 July 2026
Definition of disconnecting
Verb
  • By decoupling the supply chain at these nodes, a company prevents the bullwhip effect.
    — Steve Banker, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Canada is diversifying its partnerships but not decoupling.
    — Andrew Latham, The Conversation, 4 June 2026
Definition of decoupling
Verb
  • While severing thread-ectronics will destroy them, eutectogels are stable, soft enough to touch or connect to the human body, and allow transistor repair through the simple application of low heat.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Moving Instagram to a bigger screen, then, is usually a route not to normalizing it in that new space but instead to severing ties with it altogether.
    — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of severing

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“Uncoupling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncoupling. Accessed 15 Aug. 2026.

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