decouple
Break the connection
To decouple things is to separate or disconnect them so they can operate independently.
The term appears frequently in technical contexts—decoupling software components so changes to one don't affect the other, or decoupling economic growth from carbon emissions.
We need to decouple the database from the user interface.
The noun decoupling describes this separation: the decoupling of oil prices from the dollar.
To break a connection
- unlinkSever a connection
- separateTo set apart
- disentangleFree from snarls
- dissociateSever a mental link
detach · isolate · partition · modularize · abstract · encapsulate · unbundle · interface
To set apart
- disconnectTo break a connection
- disentangleFree from snarls
- dissociateSever a mental link
- distanceSpace between two points
detach · disengage · sever · divorce · split · part · disaffiliate · extricate
To set apart
- disconnectTo break a connection
- unbundleSeparate combined offerings
- diversifyExpand into new areas
- insulateProtect from temperature transfer
hedge · delink · unlink · liberalize · privatize · disaggregate · restructure · divest
disconnect
To break a connection
- unlinkSever a connection
- separateTo set apart
- disentangleFree from snarls
dissociate · detach · isolate · partition · modularize · abstract · encapsulate · unbundle · interface · microservices
separate
To set apart
- disconnectTo break a connection
- disentangleFree from snarls
- dissociateSever a mental link
distance · detach · disengage · sever · divorce · split · part · disaffiliate · extricate · untangle
separate
To set apart
- disconnectTo break a connection
- unbundleSeparate combined offerings
- diversifyExpand into new areas
insulate · hedge · delink · unlink · liberalize · privatize · disaggregate · restructure · divest · split
disconnect
To break a connection
detach · unlink · sever · partition · buffer · insulate · shield · filter · dampen · stabilize
free
Without payment or restriction
unshackle · unfetter · unbind · unchain · disentangle · extricate · loosen · emancipate · disengage · detach
- separationseparate, sieving, straining, divide, filtration
- unfasteningunfasten, detach, disconnect, unbuckle, unbutton
- disconnectionunplug, detach, sever, separation, isolate
- split offbreak up, spinoff, spin-off, detach, sever
- modular partsmodule, component, unit, part, piece
- Dissociationdissociation, depersonalization, derealization, multiple personality disorder, alter
decoupleintegrate
Combine into unified whole
interlink · intertwine · interlock · interconnect · entangle