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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Disconnect \Dis'con*nect"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Disconnected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disconnecting}.] To dissolve the union or connection of; to disunite; to sever; to separate; to disperse.
The commonwealth itself would . . . be disconnected into the dust and powder of individuality. --Burke.
This restriction disconnects bank paper and the precious metals. --Walsh.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
disconnect
noun: an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding); "he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends"; "there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy" [syn: {gulf}, {disconnection}]
verb
1: of electrical appliances [syn: {unplug}] [ant: {plug in}]
2: make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten [ant: {connect}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
51 Moby Thesaurus words for "disconnect": abrupt, abstract, alienate, break off, cast off, cast out, cut adrift, cut apart, cut off, cut out, delete, depart, detach, disarticulate, disengage, disjoin, disjoint, dissociate, disunite, divide, divorce, eject, estrange, expel, isolate, leave, part, pull apart, pull away, pull back, pull out, segregate, separate, sequester, set apart, set aside, sever, shut off, split, stand aloof, stand apart, stand aside, step aside, subtract, throw off, throw out, uncouple, undo, unhook, unyoke, withdraw
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
disconnect {SCSI reconnect}
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