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English Dictionary: Disconnect by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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"
    Synonym(s): gulf, disconnect, disconnection
v
  1. pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable; "unplug the hair dryer after using it"
    Synonym(s): unplug, disconnect
    Antonym(s): connect, plug in, plug into
  2. make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten
    Antonym(s): connect, link, link up, tie
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Disconnect \Dis`con*nect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disconnected};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Disconnecting}.]
      To dissolve the union or connection of; to disunite; to
      sever; to separate; to disperse.
  
               The commonwealth itself would . . . be disconnected
               into the dust and powder of individuality. --Burke.
  
               This restriction disconnects bank paper and the
               precious metals.                                    --Walsh.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   disconnect
  
      {SCSI reconnect}
  
  
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