unlink

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unlink

verb unlinks · unlinking · unlinked

transitive To decouple; to remove a link from, or separate the links of.
Unix, transitive To delete (a file). That's because the permission to unlink a file doesn't depend upon the permission bits on the file itself; it's the permission bits on the directory that contains the file that matter.

noun unlinks

A link that is equivalent (under ambient isotopy) to finitely many disjoint circles in the plane.

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verb to decouple an item

Português	desligar, desvincular
Русский	отсоединить otsojedinitʹ, отсоединять otsojedinjatʹ

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@misc{unlink_2026,
  title = {unlink},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unlink},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}