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disconnect Definition

dis·con·nect (dis′kə nekt, diskə nekt′)

transitive verb

to break or undo the connection of; separate, detach, unplug, etc.

intransitive verb

to become disconnected

noun

  1. a disconnection, as in an electrical system
  2. Informal a lack of communication or compatibility a disconnect between her beliefs and her behavior

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disconnect Synonyms

disconnect

v.

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.

—Fitzgerald, F(rancis) Scott Key