Synonyms of disconnect

disconnect

verb

ˌdis-kə-ˈnekt 

as in to divide

to set or force apart

disconnected the two parts of the light fixture

Synonyms & Similar Words

• divide
• separate
• split
• resolve
• sever
• isolate
• disassociate
• detach
• pull
• part
• dissociate
• divorce
• disjoin
• decouple
• ramify
• break up
• disunite
• uncouple
• unlink
• dissect
• dissever
• disjoint
• sunder
• dissolve
• decompose
• unyoke
• fragment
• segment
• subdivide
• disassemble
• disintegrate
• break down
• tear
• cleave
• partition
• quarter
• rip
• bifurcate
• segregate
• disengage
• break
• rift
• dichotomize
• rupture
• cut off
• fragmentate
• unravel
• bisect
• fracture
• fragmentize
• halve
• insulate
• fractionate
• fractionalize
• rend
• seclude
• rive
• disentangle
• trisect
• sequester
• untie

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• join
• link
• unite
• unify
• combine
• connect
• mix
• blend
• associate
• assemble
• couple
• mingle
• attach
• close
• bind
• stick
• accumulate
• fuse
• knit
• fasten
• weld
• cement
• agglutinate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of disconnect

Try disconnecting your router on a weekend afternoon and play board games with your family. — Kara Alaimo, CNN Money, 29 July 2026

The old building has no sprinkler system and firefighters depend on a standpipe to deliver water to the top floors, but the pipe has been disconnected for no one knows how long. — Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 29 July 2026

Second, mainstream perspectives disconnect Black liberation struggles from Pan-African and Pan-American efforts to hold the beneficiaries of anti-Black oppression accountable for their unearned gains, regardless of national boundaries. — Literary Hub, 27 July 2026

The person knocked on the door and was let in by Chavez, and the video recording device was disconnected about 10 minutes later, investigators have said. — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2026