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Definition of uncouple in English: uncoupleverbʌnˈkʌp(ə)lˌənˈkəpəl [with object]1Disconnect (something, especially a railway vehicle that has been coupled to another) they uncoupled the engine figurative public housing rents will be uncoupled from income Example sentencesExamples - Watch the gang silently take over a train, methodically uncoupling the engine and making off with a shipment of weapons while their adversaries nap in the rear car.
- For the media industry, it is about uncoupling the value of our content from the form in which it is delivered.
- The steam engine that had hauled the MISSIONARY RIDGE LOCAL from Grand Junction was quickly uncoupled from the train, and driven onto the turntable.
- The train pulls into the station, the engine is uncoupled and changes ends, and then off it goes on its journey, after a procedure that normally takes approximately six minutes.
- Two wagons had been uncoupled and set up at the far side as back to back dressing rooms.
- Finally, for once the idea of the ‘cutting edge’ has uncoupled itself from the notion that it must be ‘challenging.’
- But on his way back to the tender he unfortunately uncouples the mortar truck, detaching it from the rest of the train.
- Only later did we learn that the towns on the signs indicated where those cars would be uncoupled.
- The train was pulled into the wye South of the station to uncouple the roadrailers (Amtrak express freight cars) added in Albany and then backed into the station.
- Police particularly want to interview anyone who saw the trailer being uncoupled from the tractor unit or can identify the vehicle which towed it away.
- Mr Marshall then went back into the tunnel with firemen to uncouple three of the tankers and drive them to safety.
- The academic community has also discussed uncoupling publication from academic credit and creating buying cooperatives but made little progress.
- Secondly, notions of performance should be uncoupled from notions of productivity and coupled instead with notions of quality and development.
- The carriage which included the two compartments in question was uncoupled and side-tracked.
- By uncoupling our emotions from the film's many acts of violence, he frees us to draw parallels and make connections with painfully recent history.
- I need you back over here pronto so we can uncouple the ships.
- I know the importance of uncoupling the story from the reality.
- A Carman would uncouple the road engine from the train and the cars would be inspected before the yard engine came to take them to the coach yard.
- She reached down and tried to pull the pin to uncouple the old cars, but it wouldn't budge.
Synonyms disconnect, pull apart, break apart, detach, disengage, unyoke, disarticulate, disassemble, disunite, disjoin, disaffiliate become detached, become disconnected, come apart, come away, break off - 1.1no object Become disconnected.
the lights went out if the engine uncoupled from the train figurative I have seen marriages uncouple under the strain Example sentencesExamples - The reason we don't do it more is that coupling and uncoupling trains adds to the journey time.
- One ethical error can threaten the whole system, because if one is willing to overlook one small wrong, that can allow another, until the whole chain uncouples.
- The barren desert all around them made the shock of the train uncoupling all the more difficult to accept.
- Reading literature and having a damn good time had become quietly but decidedly uncoupled.
- If you begin to uncouple from the traditional thinking, and start to explore why we have failed to overcome the disease, you can open up a whole new range of therapeutic possibilities.
- Our train uncoupled and went choo-chooing along to rescue the stranded passengers.
- There is an increasing uncoupling of marriage from the business of child-rearing.
- 1.2Hunting dated Release (hunting dogs) from being fastened together in couples.
Definition of uncouple in US English: uncoupleverbˌənˈkəpəlˌənˈkəpəl [with object]1Disconnect (something, especially a railroad vehicle that has been coupled to another). Example sentencesExamples - Watch the gang silently take over a train, methodically uncoupling the engine and making off with a shipment of weapons while their adversaries nap in the rear car.
- The train pulls into the station, the engine is uncoupled and changes ends, and then off it goes on its journey, after a procedure that normally takes approximately six minutes.
- Police particularly want to interview anyone who saw the trailer being uncoupled from the tractor unit or can identify the vehicle which towed it away.
- I need you back over here pronto so we can uncouple the ships.
- The train was pulled into the wye South of the station to uncouple the roadrailers (Amtrak express freight cars) added in Albany and then backed into the station.
- Only later did we learn that the towns on the signs indicated where those cars would be uncoupled.
- She reached down and tried to pull the pin to uncouple the old cars, but it wouldn't budge.
- Secondly, notions of performance should be uncoupled from notions of productivity and coupled instead with notions of quality and development.
- A Carman would uncouple the road engine from the train and the cars would be inspected before the yard engine came to take them to the coach yard.
- Two wagons had been uncoupled and set up at the far side as back to back dressing rooms.
- Mr Marshall then went back into the tunnel with firemen to uncouple three of the tankers and drive them to safety.
- I know the importance of uncoupling the story from the reality.
- The academic community has also discussed uncoupling publication from academic credit and creating buying cooperatives but made little progress.
- By uncoupling our emotions from the film's many acts of violence, he frees us to draw parallels and make connections with painfully recent history.
- The steam engine that had hauled the MISSIONARY RIDGE LOCAL from Grand Junction was quickly uncoupled from the train, and driven onto the turntable.
- The carriage which included the two compartments in question was uncoupled and side-tracked.
- For the media industry, it is about uncoupling the value of our content from the form in which it is delivered.
- Finally, for once the idea of the ‘cutting edge’ has uncoupled itself from the notion that it must be ‘challenging.’
- But on his way back to the tender he unfortunately uncouples the mortar truck, detaching it from the rest of the train.
Synonyms disconnect, pull apart, break apart, detach, disengage, unyoke, disarticulate, disassemble, disunite, disjoin, disaffiliate become detached, become disconnected, come apart, come away, break off - 1.1no object Become disconnected.
figurative I have seen marriages uncouple under the strain the groups of cells commonly uncouple from surrounding tissue Example sentencesExamples - The barren desert all around them made the shock of the train uncoupling all the more difficult to accept.
- The reason we don't do it more is that coupling and uncoupling trains adds to the journey time.
- Our train uncoupled and went choo-chooing along to rescue the stranded passengers.
- If you begin to uncouple from the traditional thinking, and start to explore why we have failed to overcome the disease, you can open up a whole new range of therapeutic possibilities.
- Reading literature and having a damn good time had become quietly but decidedly uncoupled.
- One ethical error can threaten the whole system, because if one is willing to overlook one small wrong, that can allow another, until the whole chain uncouples.
- There is an increasing uncoupling of marriage from the business of child-rearing.
- 1.2Hunting dated Release (hunting dogs) from being fastened together in couples.
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