Verb (used with object) : a surrounding mass of earth and rock can decouple a nuclear blast.    From Dictionary.com. 

It seems likely that gold and silver prices will decouple from the official spot price as this crisis unfolds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-10-01] Reference

The world economy will not be able to "decouple" from the U.S. consumer, he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nouriel Roubini: We're Headed For A 'Growth Recession,' 400 Banks May Fail (VIDEO)] Reference

Such stories make the idea that Asian financial markets could "decouple" from the U.S. seem all but dead.    From Wordnik.com.  [Asia Must Act Now to Speed Decoupling From U.S.] Reference

The commission's gloomier growth outlook deflated earlier hopes that the EU economy could "decouple" from U.S. trends.    From Wordnik.com.  [Slower Growth in EU] Reference

So much for the theory that developing nations would "decouple" from the crisis, let alone help pull the West back out of recession.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Next Turn Down] Reference

At the time, economists and stock-pickers were abuzz with theories about how Asian economies and markets could "decouple" from the U.S. in 2008.    From Wordnik.com.  [Forget 'Decoupling,'] Reference

The White House wants to "decouple" the upper-income cuts from cuts that benefit the middle class by extending them for different periods of time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Republican Senate leader McConnell backs ban on earmarks] Reference

AlterNet's editor and senior writer weighs into the prospects of Eastern Asian countries unable to "decouple" from the Western's unraveling economy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Joshua Holland: "The Spectacular, Sudden Crash of the Global Economy" - Alternet] Reference

He wants to "decouple" the cuts for the upper-brackets from the middle-class cuts by extending the two sets of provisions for different periods of time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama seeking compromise on Bush tax cuts] Reference

The move would 'decouple' the two sets of provisions, Democrats said, and focus the debate when tax cuts for the rich expired next year or the year after.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wonkbook: WH's new tax cut strategy; Bernanke's fears; Sorensen remembered] Reference

One of Mr. Schiff's biggest forecasts was that many overseas economies would "decouple" from the U.S., gaining strength even as the American economy struggled.    From Wordnik.com.  [Right Forecast by Schiff, Wrong Plan?] Reference

Keywords are 'decouple', 'abstract' and 'virtual'.    From Wordnik.com.  [EMC Consulting Blogs] Reference

You can "decouple" profits from the number of kilowatt-hours sold.    From Wordnik.com.  [NewWest.Net All Headlines] Reference

GCC might 'decouple' from the collapsing stock markets of the world.    From Wordnik.com.  [AME Info Latest News] Reference

Westpac said it had moved this year to "decouple" staff salary increases from sales targets.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stuff.co.nz - Stuff] Reference

To break the tie between profits and sales, their latest request would let the company "decouple" its electricity rates.    From Wordnik.com.  [courierpress.com Stories] Reference

Growing confidence that the emerging markets, especially in Asia and Latin America, will be able to 'decouple' this time around.    From Wordnik.com.  [US Market Commentary from Seeking Alpha] Reference

The pro-AGIA allies are also urging fellow legislators to shelve two bills that would separate, or "decouple," oil and gas tax rates.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anchorage Daily News - Alaska News] Reference

Why not decouple the computationally intensive pieces?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Twitter At Scale: Will It Work?] Reference

So we need to decouple our energy consumption and emission of CO2.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 7, 2009] Reference

I think the real challenge for Kerry is to decouple Iraq from terrorism.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 27, 2004] Reference

In the age of globalization, no country can fully decouple from its partners.    From Wordnik.com.  [It’s A Small World After All] Reference

But even that's a little tricky to fully decouple the explosions from each other.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 9, 2006] Reference

It's impossible for Taiwan to decouple its economy from that of the United States.    From Wordnik.com.  [Meet Taiwan’s Conciliator-Elect] Reference

But I think the bottom of it all is they are trying to decouple Syria from Hezbollah.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 17, 2003] Reference

In these conditions, Asian interest rates can decouple from rising dollar-denominated rates.    From Wordnik.com.  [Spending Their Way To Prosperity] Reference

Q I know, but you could decouple them, too, simply by saying they're unrelated matters and.    From Wordnik.com.  [Second Press Briefing By Mike Mccurry] Reference

But you have to decouple it from the notions that has anything to do with fixed immutable behaviors that are negative.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Special Event: Millennium 2000: Racism - January 3, 2000] Reference

So it would now be politically and technically possible for the Hub to decouple the physical city from the consensual one.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]

The measures should also decouple GMO technology from fertilizers and pesticides manufactured by the supplying manufacturer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Africa's renaissance for the environment~ genetically modified crops] Reference

Perhaps the speaker and the White House are working on a face-saving way to decouple the notification issue from contracting.    From Wordnik.com.  [Intelligence panels take baby steps on contractor reform] Reference

Just I really wish Google would allow a person to decouple accounts and have two different gmail accounts open at the same time ….    From Wordnik.com.  [FCC Takes On Apple And AT&T Over Google Voice Rejection] Reference

GUPTA: It's interesting because he goes on to say that they have the opportunity to decouple costs completely between access and the cost.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 1, 2009] Reference

Finally, the markets know that the emerging world in particular is relatively well positioned to decouple from the weakening U.S. economy.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Forecast: Cloudy] Reference