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
And Sterling Williams, a maintenance worker at the jail, was arrested on suspicion of helping the inmates escape by turning off the water to the cell where the inmates disconnected some of the plumbing to escape.
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Matt Rehbein, CNN Money, 23 May 2025
The core of this issue is agency and the removal of all options and personal choices by people disconnected from Adriana and her family’s needs.
—Brea Baker, Refinery29, 22 May 2025
Limitless time off won’t fix the inability to fully disconnect from the workplace if people are already afraid to do it.
—Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Travel + Leisure, 19 May 2025
This ensures the event is as impactful and memorable as possible, rather than disconnected from the rest of your organization’s work.
—Dr. Kyle Elliott, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
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Matt Rehbein, CNN Money, 23 May 2025
The core of this issue is agency and the removal of all options and personal choices by people disconnected from Adriana and her family’s needs.
—Brea Baker, Refinery29, 22 May 2025
Limitless time off won’t fix the inability to fully disconnect from the workplace if people are already afraid to do it.
—Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Travel + Leisure, 19 May 2025
This ensures the event is as impactful and memorable as possible, rather than disconnected from the rest of your organization’s work.
—Dr. Kyle Elliott, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disconnect
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Divided Society Finally, the uneven distribution of access to and benefits from humanoid technology could divide society even further.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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These changes, called genetic mutations, cause bone marrow cells to grow and divide too quickly.11 Experts don’t fully understand why these genetic mutations happen.—
Health,
Health,
24 May 2025
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The couples who were separated in the show — like Jack and Kate, Desmond and Penny and Sawyer and Juliet — all reunited in those flashes.—
Julie Tremaine,
People.com,
23 May 2025
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The two are separated by an Interstate 95 overpass and the complex intersection of South Miami Avenue, South Dixie Highway, Brickell Avenue and Southwest 26th Road.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
23 May 2025
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The Chicago Board of Education is split over whether the interim schools’ chief should come from City Hall or the school district.—
Nell Salzman,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2025
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Long connected off Brooklyn’s Carl Erskine at Forbes Field. 1968 — The American League announced the league will be split into two divisions.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2025
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Increasingly, all of this data can be collected and resolved within a client’s organization (or in combination with partners) to facilitate greater control while opening up new opportunities in co-marketing and personalization, Camoosa says.—
Acxiom Contributor,
Forbes.com,
23 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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The Vatican has been working for years to try to improve relations with China that were officially severed over seven decades ago when the Communists came to power.—
Nicole Winfield,
Chicago Tribune,
25 May 2025
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The Vatican has been working for years to try to improve relations with China that were officially severed more than seven decades ago when the Communists came to power.—
Nicole Winfield,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2025
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“Disconnect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disconnect. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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