disconnect

Definition

  • verb: to separate (something) from something else
  • verb: to sever the connection of or between
  • often + 'from'

Examples

  • I got 'disconnected' when I was surfing the Internet. [=I lost my Internet connection]

  • We were talking on the phone but suddenly we got 'disconnected'.

  • Before starting, be sure to 'disconnect' the power supply.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Shut it down. That's an order. - Okay, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm done. I'm done. Kowalski, initiate emergency disconnect from the Hubble. All right, Shariff, let's do this. - Roger, Matt. Houston, update. - Well, we have a full-on chain reaction. It's been confirmed that it's (..)
    2013 Gravity
  • (..) - Proceed, Houston. Explorer, this is Houston. - Go ahead, Houston. Mission abort. Repeat. Mission abort. Initiate emergency disconnect from Hubble. Begin reentry procedure. ISS, initiate emergency evacuation. Copy all, Houston, and in work. Matt, immediate return to Explorer. Repeat, immediate (..)
    2013 Gravity