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
Sean Hartnoll, University of Cambridge Relativity holds that two regions of space can be disconnected, meaning that nothing that takes place in one region can have any possible effect on the other.
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Lyndie Chiou, Quanta Magazine, 24 Feb. 2025
We would get evicted, our phone would get disconnected.
—Ashton Jackson, CNBC, 23 Feb. 2025
The Library Master Plan adopted unanimously by the city highlights that without investments, these vital technology services could become unreliable or inaccessible and could leave vulnerable populations further disconnected.
—Patrick Stewart, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
And since so many of us rely on our phones to disconnect, know that cyber activities show mixed results.
—Paula Davis, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
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Lyndie Chiou, Quanta Magazine, 24 Feb. 2025
We would get evicted, our phone would get disconnected.
—Ashton Jackson, CNBC, 23 Feb. 2025
The Library Master Plan adopted unanimously by the city highlights that without investments, these vital technology services could become unreliable or inaccessible and could leave vulnerable populations further disconnected.
—Patrick Stewart, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
And since so many of us rely on our phones to disconnect, know that cyber activities show mixed results.
—Paula Davis, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disconnect
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Primary care has long been associated with the image of a busy doctor, divided between patients and the administrative grind.—
Stephen Wunker,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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For decades afterward and until the advent of internet telephony, Druze families divided by the armistice lines who wanted to communicate with one another did so via megaphone in an area that came to be known as Shouting Hill.—
Uriel Heilman,
New York Daily News,
2 Mar. 2025
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The January Starship mishap occurred over the North Atlantic after the 171-foot (52-meter) Starship separated from the Super Heavy rocket booster that hauled it toward space.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN,
28 Feb. 2025
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After Ruby’s arrest, Kevin, who had been separated from his wife for a year, filed for divorce and began seeking to regain custody of his four children.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
27 Feb. 2025
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The game is split into night and day cycles, where the danger of the journey melts into campfire talk at night and exchanging stories with other travelers.—
Megan Farokhmanesh,
WIRED,
5 Mar. 2025
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Revenue from unified agreements will now be split between the five organizations proportionate to membership count, and the collective has picked longtime Six Flags Entertainment executive Stephanie Borges as its dealmaking point person, according to USA Fencing CEO Phil Andrews.—
Dan Bernstein,
Sportico.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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In resolving antitrust claims, the settlement could spawn conflicts with state laws as well as with other federal laws, including Title IX, labor and employment laws.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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Zelenskyy did not respond to shouted questions from reporters asking him if a peace deal to resolve his nation’s war with Russia was now dead.—
Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
28 Feb. 2025
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More many people either severed their cord or never had a cord connection in the first place.—
Alex Weprin,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Mar. 2025
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Pegged to the Apple TV+ hit's buzzy second season, the Severance team has teamed up with State Farm to help young adults who are separating — or, rather, severing — from a parent's auto insurance policy.—
Dory Jackson,
People.com,
1 Mar. 2025
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“Disconnect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disconnect. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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