decouple

(dē-kŭpˈəl)

1. Electronics To reduce or eliminate the coupling of (one circuit or part to another).
2. Physics To decrease or eliminate airborne shock waves from (an explosion) by having it take place underground.
3. To separate or detach: “There's not the slightest possibility that America would be decoupled from Europe by the pursuit of this vital initiative” (Caspar W. Weinberger).

Related Forms:

• de·couˈpler noun