Disconnect

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To sever or interrupt the connection of or between: disconnected the hose.
  • v. Electricity To shut off the current in (an appliance) by removing its connection to a power source.
  • verb-intransitive. To sever or interrupt a connection.
  • n. A lack of connection; a disparity: "There is a cosmic disconnect between what the voters want and what the party of the corporate interests can give them” ( Bob Herbert).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A break or interruption in an existing connection, continuum, or process; disconnection.
  • n. A switch used to isolate a portion of an electrical circuit.
  • n. A lack of connection or accord; a mismatch.
  • n. The deliberate severing of ties with family, friends, etc. considered antagonistic towards Scientology.
  • v. To sever or interrupt a connection.
  • v. To become detached or withdrawn.
  • v. To remove the connection between an appliance and an electrical power source.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To dissolve the union or connection of; to disunite; to sever; to separate; to disperse.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To sever or interrupt the connection of; break the connection of or between; disunite; disjoin: as, to disconnect a locomotive from a train; to disconnect church and state.
  • To disjoin the parts of; deprive of connection or coherence; separate into parts; dissociate: as, to disconnect an engine by detaching the connecting-rod.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable
  • v. make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten
  • n. an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding)
  • Antonym
    connect    joint   
    Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    undo    disparity   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    disunite    sever    separate    disperse    detach    disjoint    dissociate    uncombine    uncouple    disengage   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Brecht    Hecht    Select    affect    bedecked    checked    collect    confect    connect    correct   
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