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un⋅dock

  [uhn-dok] Aerospace.
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–verb (used with object)
1. to uncouple (two spacecraft modules or a spacecraft and space station).
–verb (used without object)
2. (of a spacecraft module or spacecraft) to uncouple.
Origin:
1920–25; un- 2 + dock 1
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un·dock   (ŭn-dŏk')   
tr.v.   un·docked, un·dock·ing, un·docks

  1. Nautical To move (a ship) away from a dock.

  2. To uncouple (spacecraft).

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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