(disconnects, disconnecting, disconnected)
1.
To disconnect a piece of equipment means to separate it from its source of power or to break a connection that it needs in order to work.
The device automatically disconnects the ignition when the engine is switched off...
She ran back to the phone. The line was disconnected.
? connect
VERB: V n, be V-ed
2.
If you are disconnected by a gas, electricity, water, or telephone company, they turn off the connection to your house, usually because you have not paid the bill.
You will be given three months to pay before you are disconnected.
? connect
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed
3.
If you disconnect something from something else, you separate the two things.
He disconnected the IV bottle from the overhead hook.
? connect
VERB: V n from n