disconnect

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• Of a person, to become detached or withdrawn.

Examples

• My wi-fi got disconnected.
• There's a disconnect between what they think is happening and what is really going on.

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

connect, plug in, adhere, join

Related Words

liberate, misconnect, release