unglue

Verb

Verb Forms: unglued, ungluing, unglues

• To separate something that has been glued together.
• to separate that which was held by glue
• to cease to adhere to or follow attentively

Examples

• He managed to UNGLUE the sticky situation by finding a word that opened up the board.
• parents are looking for new ways to unglue their children from their screens
• we had to use warm water and solvent to unglue all the joints we put in yesterday.

Synonyms

deglutinate