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Disengage

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Verb

1. disengage, withdraw

release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles

Example Sentences:
'I want to disengage myself from his influence'
'disengage the gears'

2. disengage, free

free or remove obstruction from

Example Sentences:
'free a path across the cluttered floor'

3. disengage

become free

Example Sentences:
'in neutral, the gears disengage'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Disengage

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verb
1. 
to release or become released from a connection, obligation, etc
press the clutch to disengage the gears
2. military
to withdraw (forces) from close action
3. fencing
to move (one's blade) from one side of an opponent's blade to another in a circular motion to bring the blade into an open line of attack

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Disengage

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verb transitiveWord forms: ˌdisenˈgaged or ˌdisenˈgaging
1. 
to release or loosen from something that binds, holds, entangles, or interlocks; unfasten; detach; disentangle; free
verb intransitive
2. 
to release oneself or itself; become disengaged

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Disengage

see synonyms of disengage
v. dis·en·gaged, dis·en·gag·ing, dis·en·gag·es
v.tr.
1. To release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles. See Synonyms at extricate.
2. To release (oneself) from an engagement, pledge, or obligation.
v.intr.
To free or detach oneself; withdraw.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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