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disconnect

DEFINITIONS OF: disconnect

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v make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten

Antonyms:
connect, link, link up, tie
connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
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decouple, uncouple
disconnect or separate
detach
cause to become detached or separated; take off
break, break off, snap off
break a piece from a whole
unbind
untie or unfasten
unhook
take off a hook
Type of:
disunite, divide, part, separate
force, take, or pull apart

v pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable

Synonyms:
unplug
Antonyms:
connect, plug in, plug into
plug into an outlet
Type of:
undo
cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect

n an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding)

“there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy”
Synonyms:
disconnection, gulf
Type of:
disparity
inequality or difference in some respect
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