unglues
Separates bonded materials
Unglues means to separate things that were glued together, or to cause an adhesive bond to fail.
More commonly, the word appears in its figurative sense: to become emotionally undone or lose composure.
Someone who comes unglued falls apart psychologically under stress: She completely unglued when she heard the news.
Free from adhesion
- debondTo break adhesion
- dissolveDisperse into liquid
- detachTo separate from
- loosenReduce tension or grip
solvent · acetone · remover · soften · weaken · peel · scrape · soak
Removes from connection
- disconnectsBreaks a connection
- disjoinsCauses to part
- partsIndividual elements of whole
- splitsDivides into parts
severs · divides · uncouples · decouples · disengages · disentangles · disbands · dissociates
unstick
Free from adhesion
loosen · solvent · acetone · remover · soften · weaken · peel · scrape · soak · release
detaches
Removes from connection
- disconnectsBreaks a connection
- disjoinsCauses to part
- partsIndividual elements of whole
splits · severs · divides · uncouples · decouples · disengages · disentangles · disbands · dissociates · extricates
liberates
Sets free from captivity
unsticks · opens · thaws · softens · loosens · calms · soothes · unbinds · unburdens · relieves