DISCONNECTING Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

disconnecting

verb

present participle of disconnect

as in dividing

to set or force apart disconnected the two parts of the light fixture

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Recent Examples of disconnecting Save your receipt and take screenshots of anything unusual before disconnecting the device. — Jesse Watson , Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2026 And so, for instance, there’s surveys showing that Gen Z are the generation most likely to report disconnecting from their digital devices. — Jinae West, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026 Or have there been unintended consequences from disconnecting from linear cable? — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026 Try disconnecting your router on a weekend afternoon and play board games with your family. — Kara Alaimo, CNN Money, 29 July 2026 Finally, truly respecting time off, with no guilt for employees disconnecting, demonstrates a supportive culture. — Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 Previously, utilities were barred from disconnecting customers over nonpayment when temperatures above 100 degrees were forecasted. — Paris Barraza, USA Today, 28 July 2026 Tesla data showed Burke’s iPhone disconnecting from the vehicle on July 29, 2025, shortly before a neighbor’s camera recorded him walking back toward his home. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2026 Because vacation is about decompressing and disconnecting from daily life—not about worrying what’s going on at home. — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026

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With popularity dating back to the 1950s, open-concept layouts are floor plans that intentionally don’t have any dividing walls between rooms to create one large space.

— Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Aug. 2026
The case has become a national cultural fixation and a social media spectacle, gripping and dividing spectators well beyond the Massachusetts courtroom where the 36-year-old mother is charged with killing her three young children.

— Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026

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Health inspectors provided education on separating meats and preventing cross contamination.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026
With the performances in the team’s exhibition slate being close and neither separating themselves in training camp, the tie went to how Howell performed off the field.

— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2026