If two countries, organizations, or ideas that were connected in some way are decoupled, the connection between them is ended. a conception which decouples culture and politics The issue threatened to decouple Europe from the United States
{f} separate; disconnect one thing from another; uncouple the coupling of one circuit or part to another (Electronics); absorb the shock of an explosion; decrease airborne shockwaves from an explosion by detonating the explosion underground
reduce or eliminate the coupling of (one circuit or part to another) eliminate airborne shockwaves from (an explosive) regard as unconnected; "you must dissociate these two events!"; "decouple our foreign policy from ideology