disconnect

v., -nect·ed, -nect·ing, -nects.

v.tr.

1. To sever or interrupt the connection of or between: disconnected the hose.
2. Electricity. To shut off the current in (an appliance) by removing its connection to a power source.

v.intr.
To sever or interrupt a connection.

n. (dĭs'kə-nĕkt')
A lack of connection; a disparity: "There is a cosmic disconnect between what the voters want and what the party of the corporate interests can give them" (Bob Herbert).

disconnection dis'con·nec'tion n.

verb

To separate one thing from another thing: detach, disengage, uncouple. See assemble/disassemble.

v

Definition: take apart; uncouple
Antonyms: attach, connect, couple, hitch, hook, join, link, plug

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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: of electrical appliances
  Synonym: unplug

Meaning #2: make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten
  Antonym: connect (meaning #1)

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - afbryde, lukke for leverancen af
v. intr. - afbryde

Nederlands (Dutch)
losmaken, verbreken, ontkoppelen, uitschakelen, scheiden, de verbinding verbreken

Français (French)
v. tr. - détacher, séparer, disjoindre, décrocher (des wagons), débrancher (la radio, la télévision), couper (l'électricité), (Télécom) couper/interrompre une communication
v. intr. - couper/interrompre une conversation

Deutsch (German)
v. - trennen, entkoppeln, ausschalten, die Verbindung unterbrechen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αποσυνδέω, αποχωρίζω, αποκόπτω, διασπώ, επιφέρω διακοπή ζεύξης, διαχωρίζω

Italiano (Italian)
distaccare, disunire, interrompere, disinnestare, spegnere, disinserire, scollegare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - desconectar

Русский (Russian)
разъединить, отключать, размыкать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - separar, cortar, interrumpir, desenganchar, desacoplar, desconectar, apagar, cortar la comunicación
v. intr. - desconectarse, desacoplarse, desengancharse

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - avbryta, koppla ifrån

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
分离, 拆开, 不相连, 分开, 过孤独生活

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 分離, 拆開, 不相連
v. intr. - 分離, 分開, 過孤獨生活

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 연결을 끊다, 따로 떼다
v. intr. - 연결이 끊기다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 関係を断つ, 分離する, 切断する, 切る

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يفصل, يقطع الاتصال بين شيئين‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮ניתק‬
v. intr. - ‮ניתק, התנתק‬

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