disconnect (n.)

  1. an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding); he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends; there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy

    [ Syn: gulf , disconnection ]

    disconnect (v.)

  1. pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable; unplug the hair dryer after using it

    [ Syn: unplug ]

  2. make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten

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