disconnect
Word Statistics
Academic vocabulary
Regularly used in writing and speech
Moderate complexity
Analysis:
- • Academic vocabulary
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1. A break or interruption in an existing connection, continuum, or process; disconnection.
2. A switch used to isolate a portion of an electrical circuit.
3. A lack of connection or accord; a mismatch.
"There's a disconnect between what they think is happening and what is really going on."
4. The deliberate severing of ties with family, friends, etc. considered antagonistic towards Scientology.
Synonyms
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1. To sever or interrupt a connection.
2. Of a person, to become detached or withdrawn.
3. To remove the connection between an appliance and an electrical power source.
Source: en.wiktionary.org
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