decouple
     v 1: disconnect or separate; "uncouple the hounds" syn: uncouple
          ant: couple
     2: regard as unconnected; "you must dissociate these two
        events"; "decouple our foreign policy from ideology"
        syn: dissociate ant: associate
     3: eliminate airborne shockwaves from an explosive
     4: reduce or eliminate the coupling of one circuit or part to
        another
see also:
uncouple couple dissociate associate