disconnect

Meanings

Plural: disconnects

Noun

• an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding)
  • "there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy"
• A break or interruption in an existing connection, continuum, or process; disconnection.
• A switch used to isolate a portion of an electrical circuit.
• A lack of connection or accord; a mismatch.
• The deliberate severing of ties with family, friends, etc. considered antagonistic towards Scientology.

Verb

• pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable
• make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten
• To sever or interrupt a connection.
• To remove the connection between an appliance and an electrical power source.
• Of a person, to become detached or withdrawn.

Synonyms

decouple, detach, disconnect, disconnection, disconnector, disengage, gulf, rip off, tear off, unconnect, uncouple, unfasten, unhitch, unplug

Antonyms

adhere, connect, join, plug in

Related Words

liberate, misconnect, release