What is Delink in debate?

A delink attacks the connection instead of the consequence: the impact may be real, but the resolution doesn’t cause it. Every step in a link chain is a chance to delink. Maybe the policy doesn’t change behavior, the actor wouldn’t respond the way they claim, or the mechanism has failed in practice. Long link chains are fragile because they offer so many delink targets. When your opponents’ impact is too big to outweigh, delinking is usually a better play than impact defense.