unlink

un·link

[uhn-lingk]
verb (used with object)
1.
to separate the links of (a chain, linked bracelet, watchband, etc.); unfasten.
2.
to detach or separate by or as if by undoing one or more connecting links: to unlink hands.
verb (used without object)
3.
to become detached.

Origin:
1590–1600; un-2 + link1

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