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To break the (physical) connection of or between
“Always make sure you isolate and tag a motor before you disconnect it.”
To remove or dissociate something, someone or oneself from a situation
“He deeply thought of society and its welfare and remembered equally that he could not disconnect himself from society.”
To remove by cutting off
“The center line is then opened or cut with a knife to disconnect the two lines of stitching and form the buttonhole.”
To turn off a device by cutting off its power supply
“Flip the switch. That will disconnect the electricity to the fence and your two pals can escape.”
To terminate or interrupt a connection between two systems
“When he reached out and firmly pressed down on the button to disconnect her call to the police, she eyed him with wary alarm.”
To unfasten something tied, fastened, or fixed in place
To set free, especially from entanglement or difficulty
Hang up the phone
To break up into small pieces as the result of impact
To bother or cause unease to one's mental or emotional state
Plural for the action or state of moving apart, or being moved apart
“Just as surrogacy delinks the genetic and the gestational mother, so embryo-freezing disconnects conception and gestation.”
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