Disconnect \Dis`con*nect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disconnected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disconnecting}.] To dissolve the union or connection of; to disunite; to sever; to separate; to disperse.
The commonwealth itself would . . . be disconnected into the dust and powder of individuality. --Burke.
This restriction disconnects bank paper and the precious metals. --Walsh.
Four crewmen on a utility truck were sent to Bertha Shefton's rundown house to disconnect her water, but instead they chipped in to help pay her overdue bill of $103.44.
The Linares family had been advised early about the possibility of obtaining an order in Cook County Circuit Court for the hospital to disconnect the ventilator, and the hospital would have been supportive, Brown said.
They say that subscribers may take the discounted Showtime and then disconnect HBO or other services on which the operator has much higher profit margins.
O'Reilly and Scudder in December 1981 allegedly directed Chrysler's plant managers and quality control officials "to disconnect the odometers on newly manufactured" vehicles intended for use by company managers.
Before the court, he had argued that the state needed "clear and convincing evidence of the patient's own wishes" before it could disconnect her, based on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in the Nancy Cruzan case.
But Jackson dismissed attempts by others to "disconnect" him from Tuesday's electoral victories.
"Clearly, you can't disconnect the stock exchange from the futures market.
The House bill would require auto-dialers to disconnect as soon as the person who is called hangs up.
Raymond Thomas Griffin II died Wednesday after his family agreed to disconnect a life support system. He suffered seizures and went into a coma after drinking the bourbon and beer at a party Friday night at his home in Overman.
A brain-dead woman's heart stopped beating this morning, hours before a hospital planned to disconnect her from a respirator over the objections of her husband.