uncouple
/ʌnˈkʌp(ə)l/
US pronunciation
American sound/ʌnˈkʌp(ə)l/
ʌnˈkʌpəl
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
ʌn - ˈkʌpəl -> uncouple
Myanmar meaning
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- ‘But on his way back to the tender he unfortunately uncouples the mortar truck, detaching it from the rest of the train.’
- ‘The academic community has also discussed uncoupling publication from academic credit and creating buying cooperatives but made little progress.’
- ‘A Carman would uncouple the road engine from the train and the cars would be inspected before the yard engine came to take them to the coach yard.’
- ‘Secondly, notions of performance should be uncoupled from notions of productivity and coupled instead with notions of quality and development.’
- ‘The steam engine that had hauled the MISSIONARY RIDGE LOCAL from Grand Junction was quickly uncoupled from the train, and driven onto the turntable.’
- ‘Mr Marshall then went back into the tunnel with firemen to uncouple three of the tankers and drive them to safety.’
- ‘The train pulls into the station, the engine is uncoupled and changes ends, and then off it goes on its journey, after a procedure that normally takes approximately six minutes.’
- ‘The carriage which included the two compartments in question was uncoupled and side-tracked.’
- ‘Police particularly want to interview anyone who saw the trailer being uncoupled from the tractor unit or can identify the vehicle which towed it away.’
- ‘Only later did we learn that the towns on the signs indicated where those cars would be uncoupled.’
- ‘By uncoupling our emotions from the film's many acts of violence, he frees us to draw parallels and make connections with painfully recent history.’
- ‘I need you back over here pronto so we can uncouple the ships.’
- ‘I know the importance of uncoupling the story from the reality.’
- ‘Two wagons had been uncoupled and set up at the far side as back to back dressing rooms.’
- ‘For the media industry, it is about uncoupling the value of our content from the form in which it is delivered.’
- ‘Finally, for once the idea of the ‘cutting edge’ has uncoupled itself from the notion that it must be ‘challenging.’’
- ‘Watch the gang silently take over a train, methodically uncoupling the engine and making off with a shipment of weapons while their adversaries nap in the rear car.’
- ‘The train was pulled into the wye South of the station to uncouple the roadrailers (Amtrak express freight cars) added in Albany and then backed into the station.’
- ‘She reached down and tried to pull the pin to uncouple the old cars, but it wouldn't budge.’
- ‘The reason we don't do it more is that coupling and uncoupling trains adds to the journey time.’
Synonyms
undo, disengage, separate, detach, unyoke, unfasten, abstract, disaffiliate, disassemble, disassociate, disconnect, disentangle, disjoin, dismount, dissociate, disunite, divide, divorce, free, isolate, loose, loosen, part, remove, segregate, sever, sunder, take apart, tear off, unfix, unhitch, withdraw
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