| VERB | contact | disconnect, unplug | pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable |
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| contact | disconnect | make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten | |
| NOUN | attribute | disconnect, gulf, disconnection | an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding) |
| Sounds | dihskahneh'kt | |
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| Rhymes | abject ... wrecked: 66 rhymes with ehkt... | |
| Meaning | An unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding). | |
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| Example | "there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy" | |
| Synonyms | gulf, disconnection | |
| Broader | disparity | inequality or difference in some respect |
| Spanish | abismo, desconexión, distanciamiento | |
| Catalan | abisme | |
| Meaning | Pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonym | unplug | |
| Broader | undo | cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect |
| Opposite | plug in, plug into, connect | Plug into an outlet |
| Spanish | desconectar, desenchufar | |
| Catalan | desconnectar, desendollar | |
| Meaning | make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Narrower | detach | Cause to become detached or separated |
| uncouple, decouple | disconnect or separate | |
| Broader | separate, disunite, divide, part | Force, take, or pull apart |
| Opposite | connect, link, tie, link up | Connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces |
| Spanish | desconectar, desenchufar | |
| Catalan | desconnectar, desendollar | |
| Nouns | disconnection | the act of breaking / breaking a connection |
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