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Adjective: disconnected  `disku'nektid
  1. (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply
    - staccato
     
  2. Having been divided; having the unity destroyed
    "Congress...gave the impression of...a confusing sum of disconnected local forces"
    - disunited, fragmented, split
     
  3. Marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions
    - abrupt
     
  4. Not plugged in or connected to a power source
    "the iron is disconnected"
     
  5. Lacking orderly continuity
    "disconnected fragments of a story"
    - confused, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected
Verb: disconnect  `disku'nekt
  1. Pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable
    - unplug
     
  2. Make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten

See also: disconnectedness, disconnection, divided, incoherent, off

Type of: disunite, divide, part, separate, undo

Antonym: connect

Encyclopedia: Disconnect

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