unlink

[ uhn-lingk ]
/ ʌnˈlɪŋk /

verb (used with object)

to separate the links of (a chain, linked bracelet, watchband, etc.); unfasten.
to detach or separate by or as if by undoing one or more connecting links: to unlink hands.

verb (used without object)

to become detached.

Origin of unlink

First recorded in 1590–1600; un-2 + link1

Example sentences from the Web for unlink

  • It will take longer than this to unlink this one day's hope from its thousand fastnesses.