to unlink
3
3.7
- verb
- /ʌnˈlɪŋk/
:
desvincular
- Now we can easily unlink from low quality, bad neighbourhood, and irrelevant websites.
Examples
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Unfortunately, diplomatic efforts are often based on carefully selecting only those negotiating partners who are unlinked to extremist violence.
Academic text (2009) -
To unlink your old email from the app, go to settings and select the option to remove it.
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If we come across a link we don't feel enhances the conversation, we'll simply unlink it.
Blog text (32) -
Social workers may need to help clients unlink or differentiate spirituality and religion to determine the extent of their losses.
Academic text (2007) -
Kathryn unlinked her fingers, pressed her palms against her knees.
Fiction book (1998) -
You can unlink your social media account from the website in just a few easy steps.
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She needed to unlink the files to free up space on her computer before saving new documents.
Synonyms
16
7.0
To end a connection with a person, group, or idea
5
5.3
To disconnect two things that are joined, often machine parts
4
6.7
Disconnect parts that were joined so they work independently
1
6.1
To separate something from what it is connected to
1
6.6
To release something that is tied or fastened so it can move away
Antonyms
How Connected
86
3.7
459
2.5
442
1.1
16
3.9
3
3.7
161
3.5
67
5.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word unlink is easy to remember. The first part un- means 'not' or 'do the opposite' and link means 'a connection', so unlink means to remove or break a connection between things.