uncouple
uncouple Lexical Profile
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• verb
To disconnect, unfasten, or separate two things that are joined together, especially railway carriages or tethered animals.
"The yard workers had to uncouple the freight cars before the locomotive could move to the repair track."
To break the functional, causal, or biochemical connection between two interdependent processes, systems, or variables.
"Certain metabolic compounds can uncouple cellular respiration from energy production inside the mitochondria."
To end a romantic partnership or marriage.
"After ten years together, they decided to uncouple amicably while remaining co-parents to their children."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in Middle English in the late 14th century from the prefix 'un-' (expressing reversal) and the verb 'couple', originally used in hunting to describe releasing hounds from their shared leash.