disengage

Definition

  • verb: to separate from someone or something
  • verb: to release from something that engages or involves
  • usually + 'from'
  • synonyms: clear, disentangle, free

Examples

  • He began to 'disengage' [=(more commonly) 'withdraw'] 'from' the family when he was 15 or so.

  • Put the car in gear, and then slowly 'disengage' the clutch while pressing on the gas pedal.

  • The government says it will gradually 'disengage' [='withdraw'] soldiers from the region.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) one of their own satellites. They shot down their own satellite? - Right of disposal. Most likely a spy sat gone bad. Now it's shrapnel. Explorer, ready to disengage HST. Locks releasing in three... two... one. - Explorer, new data coming through. What's the blowback, Houston? - It's not good. (..)
    2013 Gravity