Source : WordNet®

decouple
     v 1: disconnect or separate; "uncouple the hounds" [syn: {uncouple}]
          [ant: {couple}]
     2: regard as unconnected; "you must dissociate these two
        events!"; "decouple our foreign policy from ideology"
        [syn: {dissociate}] [ant: {associate}]
     3: eliminate airborne shockwaves from (an explosive)
     4: reduce or eliminate the coupling of (one circuit or part to
        another)