unstring

verb6

1. •
   To remove the string or strings from.

   • Unstring the bows before storing them.
2. •
   To shake the nerves of; to cause anxiety or panic in.

   • The sight of his scared face, his starts and pallors and sudden harkenings, unstrung me […] — 1885
3. •
   To remove from a string; to release something that has been strung up or strung together.

   • "Poke a hole in the tops and bottoms of these eggs, blow out the yolks and whites, unstring the diamonds and stick them through the holes..." — 1988
4. •
   To split (a text string) into smaller strings by separating on a delimiter.

   • It is also possible to save the delimiters (this might prove useful if the delimiters were also some sort of text identifier) and to count the length of the data items we are unstringing. — 1980
5. •
   To defuse or relax.

   • She took a deep, slow breath in an effort to settle her heart and unstring her muscles. — 2010
6. •
   To untie.

   • Invaded thus, for want of better bands, His garland they unstring, and bind his hands — 1773