as in to divide
to set or force apart
disconnected the two parts of the light fixture
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Recent Examples of disconnect
After their brief exchange, Lopez disconnects the live feed, to Richie and Conrad's dismay.
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EW.com, 11 May 2025
Decades of neoliberalism have produced communities in despair, disconnected from prosperity and too often ignored by our most powerful institutions.
—Lynn Forester De Rothschild, Time, 11 May 2025
Despite being married to a therapist, Josh is rather myopic about his own emotional well-being and Foster telegraphs that disconnect with a softened tone of voice and a skittish kind of physicality.
—Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 9 May 2025
Despite opposition, Colorado should keep requiring Xcel to buy electricity from rooftop solar panels (Opinion)
Xcel spokesman Tyler Bryant said in an email that the company has stopped the practice of automatically disconnecting calls to its service center.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 8 May 2025
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EW.com, 11 May 2025
Decades of neoliberalism have produced communities in despair, disconnected from prosperity and too often ignored by our most powerful institutions.
—Lynn Forester De Rothschild, Time, 11 May 2025
Despite being married to a therapist, Josh is rather myopic about his own emotional well-being and Foster telegraphs that disconnect with a softened tone of voice and a skittish kind of physicality.
—Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 9 May 2025
Despite opposition, Colorado should keep requiring Xcel to buy electricity from rooftop solar panels (Opinion)
Xcel spokesman Tyler Bryant said in an email that the company has stopped the practice of automatically disconnecting calls to its service center.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disconnect
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What's Next Breastfeeding often divides public opinion, and will likely spark similar debates online in the future.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 May 2025
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On our trip to Greenville, Victor stopped at a road that divides two burial grounds in town.—
Erika Hayasaki,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 May 2025
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Cosmos 482 separated into four pieces, two of which remained in Earth's low orbit and decayed within 48 hours, and the other two pieces went into a higher orbit.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
11 May 2025
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Let the chicken cool completely before storing it in the fridge, and separate the meat from the bones for easier reheating.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
10 May 2025
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The song was released in 1973, only a few years after The Beatles split, highlighting how quickly the two reconnected.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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After a tumultuous on-and-off-again relationship, Tran and Brown officially split in late 2014.—
Alex Heigl,
People.com,
16 May 2025
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In the viral video posted by their mother, Lauren Reed, the toddlers calmly resolved an argument with a surprising amount of maturity.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
People.com,
11 May 2025
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However, neither group seemed to want to resolve the discrepancy between their two theories of how vertebrate palliums evolved, according to García-Moreno.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Wired News,
11 May 2025
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In November 2019, Bondi temporarily severed her ties to Ballard Partners and representation of the Qatari Embassy to serve as one of Trump’s defense attorneys amid his first impeachment inquiry.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
13 May 2025
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Trump weighs in But Trump, who has the power to continue or sever Washington's crucial supply of arms to Ukraine, took a different line.—
Tom Balmforth,
USA Today,
12 May 2025
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“Disconnect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disconnect. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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