disconnecting

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  1. transitive verb To sever or interrupt the connection of or between: disconnected the hose.
  2. transitive verb Electricity To shut off the current in (an appliance) by removing its connection to a power source.
  3. intransitive verb To sever or interrupt a connection.
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  • There was no answer; disconnecting, he keyed for the Spinner cavern duty officer and left a message. —  Spinneret
  • They can do this through simple measures, such as disconnecting the SCSI cables and disabling the Ethernet connection. —  Maximum Security -- Ch 17 -- UNIX: The Big Kahuna
  • There were some cell phone calls back and forth, with the 11-year-old girl calling her father and it disconnecting, then his calling back only to get voicemail to relay the mother was on her way.
  • "So much of emotional overeating is about disconnecting, not wanting to be in the present moment," she said. —  Catholic Online > Daily Readings
  • Remember to hose out heating ducts, disconnecting the furnace first.
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