uncouple

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
uncouple
    v 1: disconnect or separate; "uncouple the hounds" [syn:
         {uncouple}, {decouple}] [ant: {couple}, {couple on},
         {couple up}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Uncouple \Un*cou"ple\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + couple.]
   To loose, as dogs, from their couples; also, to set loose; to
   disconnect; to disjoin; as, to uncouple railroad cars.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Uncouple \Un*cou"ple\, v. i.
   To roam at liberty. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
44 Moby Thesaurus words for "uncouple":
      abrupt, abstract, alienate, cast off, cast out, cut adrift,
      cut off, cut out, delete, depart, disarticulate, disconnect,
      disengage, disjoin, disjoint, dissociate, disunite, divide,
      divorce, eject, estrange, expel, isolate, leave, part, pull away,
      pull back, pull out, segregate, separate, sequester, set apart,
      set aside, shut off, split, stand aloof, stand apart, stand aside,
      step aside, subtract, throw off, throw out, unyoke, withdraw

    

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