disconnect
disconnect
Definition
dis·con·nect (dis′kə nekt′, dis′kə nekt′)
transitive verb
to break or undo the connection of; separate, detach, unplug, etc.
intransitive verb
to become disconnected
noun
- a disconnection, as in an electrical system
- Informal a lack of communication or compatibility a disconnect between her beliefs and her behavior
disconnect
Synonyms
disconnect
Usage Examples
Preposition: for
- reason: Should the service agreement be suspended or disconnected for any reason then we reserve the right to withhold any payments due.
Object
- cable: People risk their lives to disconnect high power cables in order to sell the metal on the black market.
- hose: Then disconnect the two hot air supply hoses which push into the bottom of the heater unit from deep inside the central tunnel.
- battery: Make sure you disconnect the battery prior to starting... ... .
- wiring: Disconnect wiring and hoses Before attempting to remove the unit, disconnect the battery or batteries, removing the earth terminal first of all.
- connector: When disconnected the connector automatically stops the water flow - when refitted water begins to flow again.
- wire: You must now disconnect the earth wire from the electric fence.
Used with why or when
- when: The USB cable is useful to monitor real time pictures and to adjust focus but must be disconnected when taking high resolution pictures.
Modifying Another Word
- temporarily: You could have a meter installed or you could have the water supply temporarily disconnected.
- accidentally: During the final workshop one of the hubs was too close to the performers and was accidentally disconnected twice.
- physically: If it's physically disconnected from the phone line, it can't be used to make phone calls.
- automatically: The RCD will automatically disconnect the power supply to help prevent the risk of a fatal shock.
- immediately: They immediately disconnected the compromised database from the Internet, later hooking up a database of useless information.
- apparently: From the apparently disconnected elements of hunger, stick, banana, spare time, the chimp suddenly made a meaningful configuration pattern.
Preposition: from
- Internet: It is then ok to disconnect from the Internet!
- reality: If you're looking for a leader who's disconnected from reality, you don't need to go to Baghdad.
- network: To Start With Make sure that the machine you are investigating is disconnected from the network.
- server: Cheat Detection Details Players that are caught cheating are automatically disconnected from the server.
- supply: Ensure leads are disconnected from the power supply first.
- politics: No wonder ordinary people are being turned off from voting and becoming disconnected from politics!
disconnect Quotes
If I start to hold somebody's hand they laugh at me, and let me, just as if it wasn't part of them. As soon as I get hold of a hand they sort of disconnect it from the rest of them.
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