unlinking

verb

present participle of unlink
as in separating
to set or force apart unlinked the railroad cars

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unlinking
  1. separating
  2. dividing
  3. disconnecting
  4. splitting
  5. severing
  6. resolving
Verb
  • Life opened like a zipper, separating them painfully at first, notch by notch, then faster, wider, until the garment lay split in two.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The new factory trades Farley said the line separating skilled trades from engineering is increasingly hard to see inside newer auto plants.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of separating
Verb
  • Yet, even presuming that the government could beat back Native powers, intelligently dividing that unseen area into plots would require understanding its geography, soil, and waterways.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
  • But for now the war rages on, dividing some communities in Ukraine through Russian propaganda videos.
    — Yasmin Vossoughian, NBC news, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of dividing
Verb
  • Everyday routines depend on maps, banking, tickets, transit, rideshare and messaging, and completely disconnecting remains impractical for most people.
    — Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The sole survivor disables HAL by disconnecting the power source.
    — Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of disconnecting
Verb
  • The rising sea and crashing waves have pushed the shoreline landward, splitting the city's picturesque North Beach.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
  • The Packers are playing their home opener after splitting their first two games on the road.
    — AJC.com, AJC.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of splitting
Verb
  • The controversial procedure, which involved severing nerve pathways in the brain’s frontal lobes to treat severe mental illnesses, had been developed by Portuguese neurologist Antonio Egas Moniz in 1935.
    — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Cutting the servers’ power or severing their network connection may be enough.
    — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of severing
Verb
  • Lee found a way of resolving this line of questioning through the realization that any spatial perception occurs in the eye and mind of a beholder.
    — Barry Schwabsky, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Or, consider an AI agent capable of resolving customer issues.
    — Jayasri Ranganathan, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of resolving
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“Unlinking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unlinking. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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