UNCOUPLES Synonyms

• cause to become detached or separated; take off

• separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment

• come to be detached

• release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles

• free or remove obstruction from

• become free

• make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of

• become separated, disconnected or disjoint

• part; cease or break association with

• regard as unconnected

• to undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms

• the legal dissolution of a marriage

• part; cease or break association with

• get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage

• independent; not united or joint

• a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication

• a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments

• standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything

• separated according to race, sex, class, or religion

• have the connection undone; having become separate

• act as a barrier between; stand between

• force, take, or pull apart

• mark as different

• separate into parts or portions

• divide into components or constituents

• arrange or order by classes or categories

• make a division or separation

• discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

• go one's own way; move apart

• become separated into pieces or fragments

• treat differently on the basis of sex or race

• move or break apart

• divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork

• extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back)

• an old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea

• a bottle containing half the usual amount

• a promised or claimed share of loot or money

• a lengthwise crack in wood

• an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart

• a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts

• (tenpin bowling) a divided formation of pins left standing after the first bowl

• an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity

• the act of rending or ripping or splitting something

• division of a group into opposing factions

• having been divided; having the unity destroyed

• (especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain

• separate into parts or portions

• separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument

• discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

• go one's own way; move apart

• come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure

• untie or unfasten

• undo the bolt of

• remove the bridle from (a horse or mule)

• undo the buckle of

• undo the buttons of

• remove the chains from

• make free

• release from a clasp

• cause to become undone

• become undone or untied

• To release from fetters; to unchain; to let loose; to free.

• To disconnect; to detach; to undo that which is hitched.

• untie the lashing of