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dis·con·nect

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) KEY

VERB:
dis·con·nect·ed, dis·con·nect·ing, dis·con·nects
VERB:
tr.

To sever or interrupt the connection of or between: disconnected the hose.
Electricity To shut off the current in (an appliance) by removing its connection to a power source.

VERB:
intr.

To sever or interrupt a connection.

NOUN:
(d

-n

)

A lack of connection; a disparity: "There is a cosmic disconnect between what the voters want and what the party of the corporate interests can give them" (Bob Herbert).

OTHER FORMS:
discon·nection(Noun)

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