disengage
1Disengage — Dis en*gage , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disengaged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disengaging}.] [Pref. dis + engage: cf. F. d[ e]sengager.] To release from that with which anything is engaged, engrossed, involved, or entangled; to extricate; to detach; to set… …
2Disengage — may refer to: Music Disengage (song), by Suicide Silence Disengage (album), the third and final album by Circle of Dust Disen Gage, a Russian rock band See also Disengagement (disambiguation) …
3Disengage — Dis en*gage , v. i. To release one s self; to become detached; to free one s self. [1913 Webster] From a friends s grave how soon we disengage! Young. [1913 Webster] …
4disengage — I verb avocare, become detached, break the connection with, cut loose, cut off, decontrol, deliver, detach, disconnect, disembroil, disencumber, disentangle, disenthrall, disjoin, dislodge, dispart, displant, dissever, dissociate, disunite,… …
5disengage — c.1600 in figurative sense; 1660s in lit. sense of detach, from DIS (Cf. dis ) do the opposite of + ENGAGE (Cf. engage) (q.v.). Related: Disengaged; disengaging …
6disengage — *detach, abstract Analogous words: disembarrass, disencumber, disentangle, untangle, *extricate: release, liberate, *free: disconnect, disjoin, dissociate, disunite (see affirmative verbs at JOIN) Antonyms: engage (one part, one thing with… …
7disengage — [v] free from connection abstract, back off, back out, cut loose, cut out, detach, disassociate, disconnect, disentangle, disjoin, dissociate, disunite, divide, drop out, ease, extricate, liberate, loose, loosen, opt out, pull the plug, release,… …
8disengage — ► VERB 1) separate, release, or detach. 2) remove (troops) from an area of conflict. 3) (disengaged) emotionally detached; uninvolved. DERIVATIVES disengagement noun …
9disengage — [dis΄in gāj′] vt. disengaged, disengaging [OFr desengagier: see DIS & ENGAGE] to release or loosen from something that binds, holds, entangles, or interlocks; unfasten; detach; disentangle; free vi. to release oneself or itself; become disengaged …
10disengage — dis|en|gage [ˌdısınˈgeıdʒ] v 1.) [T] to move so that you are not touching or holding someone disengage yourself ▪ Sally found it difficult to disengage herself from his embrace. 2.) [I and T] if you disengage something, especially a part of a… …
