Meaning & use
Disconnecting
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Present participle of "disconnect": breaking a connection between two things, or ceasing to be linked, engaged, or in contact.
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Technicians spent an hour disconnecting the old wiring before installing the new panel.
Many people find that disconnecting from social media for a weekend improves their mood.
A note on using this word
Widely used today in the sense of stepping away from technology, in addition to its original electrical and mechanical meaning.
Words with a similar meaning
unpluggingdetachingseparating
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Words with an opposite meaning
connectingattaching
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