disconnect

disconnect
dis|con|nect1 [ ,dıskə`nekt ] verb
1. ) transitive to stop the supply of gas, water, or electricity, or the telephone service to a building:
They arrived to find that the water had been disconnected.
2. ) transitive to stop a machine or piece of equipment from being connected to a supply of electricity, water, or gas:
Disconnect all electrical appliances before attempting to clean them.
3. ) intransitive or transitive to stop the telephone connection between two people or computers:
Many people complained they were disconnected before even reaching the operator.
disconnect from: Click Work Offline to disconnect from the Internet.
disconnect
dis|con|nect 2 [ ,dıskə`nekt ] noun count or uncount AMERICAN
1. ) a difference, especially between two things that you would expect to be similar:
There's a disconnect between the way the Arizona press and the national press view this man.
2. ) a feeling of not being loyal to a group or an institution:
their disconnect from their community and from their schools

Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.

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