Disengage

Quick meaning: Disengage is a noun meaning (fencing) A circular movement of the blade that avoids the opponent's parry.

Meaning

(fencing) A circular movement of the blade that avoids the opponent's parry.

More Meanings

1. (ambitransitive) To release or loosen from something that binds, entangles, holds, or interlocks.

Example Sentences

The more established wisdom about trolls, at this point, is to disengage.

With the help of a sleepy waiter, Little Billee got the bacchanalian into his room and lit his candle for him, and, disengaging himself from his maudlin embraces, left him to wallow in solitude.

Three weeks before the election in Iraq, conversation has started bubbling up in Congress, in the Pentagon and some days even in the White House about when and how American forces might begin to disengage in Iraq.

The eight-cylinder Rolls-Royce diesel engines drive through "Twin Disc" torque converters up to a speed of some 46 m.p.h., when the drive automatically changes to direct coupling and the torque converter is disengaged.

Word Forms

• disengages
• disengaging
• disengaged

Synonyms for disengage

Depending on context, synonyms include detach, disentangle, free, unfasten, withdraw.

Antonyms for disengage

Common opposites include impede, engage, operate, obstruct, block, jam.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include withdraw, free, trigger, wriggle, pry, detach.

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