disconnect

Noun

• an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding)
  • he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends
    
  • there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy
    

Verb

• make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten

• pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable
  • unplug the hair dryer after using it
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  gulf , disconnection , unplug
• Antonyms: 
  connect , link , tie , link up , plug in , plug into