Synonyms for disengage
ˌdɪs ɛnˈgeɪdʒdis·en·gage

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1. disengage, withdrawverb

   release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles

   "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears"

   Synonyms:
   recall, take back, call in, draw back, take away, sequester, swallow, withdraw, unsay, back away, draw off, draw, seclude, take, retire, free, pull back, remove, back out, call back, crawfish, move back, retreat, sequestrate, recede, bow out, take out, pull in one's horns, adjourn, crawfish out, pull away

   Antonyms:
   mesh, lock, engage, operate

2. free, disengageverb

   free or remove obstruction from

   "free a path across the cluttered floor"

   Synonyms:
   justify, unloose, relieve, unloosen, unblock, withdraw, unfreeze, liberate, free, discharge, release, give up, loose, disembarrass, resign, relinquish, rid, exempt, absolve, dislodge

   Antonyms:
   engage, operate, lock, mesh

3. disengageverb

   become free

   "in neutral, the gears disengage"

   Synonyms:
   free, withdraw

   Antonyms:
   lock, operate, mesh, engage

Matched Categories

1. • Change State
   • Release

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1. disengageverb

   Synonyms:
   release, extricate, liberate, clear, disentangle, disembroil, disembarrass, loose, unloose, free, set free

2. disengageverb

   Synonyms:
   separate, detach, divide, disjoin, disunite, dissociate

3. disengageverb

   Synonyms:
   withdraw, wean, draw off

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1. disengageverb

   Synonyms:
   extricate, disembarrass, disentangle, detach, dissociate

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1. List of paraphrases for "disengage":

   unhook, unlatch, disengagement, detach, unplug

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1. Read MoreIf McGregor:

   It used to irritate me the way certain narratives are spread and the way words are twisted, I had to just disengage from it, when I came into the game, it used to happen and I'd just laugh it off and play up to it and do my thing. Then it just kept up going on, on, and on. It got a little much and I reacted to disrespect. But no more.

2. Barbara Muschietti:

   What was probably more important to me was resemblance, physical resemblance, i get turned off very easily when I see a movie with two timelines and the actors don't look alike. It's enough for me to disengage, so I wanted to start this movie with that already clear, people already believing that it could be the same character.

3. Emmanuel Macron:

   Ten days ago, President Donald Trump said the USA's will is to disengage from Syria. We convinced President Donald Trump that it was necessary to stay.

4. Addison:

   It is very hard for the mind to disengage itself from a subject on which it has been long employed. The thoughts will be rising of themselves from time to time, though we have given them no encouragement, as the tossings and fluctuations of the sea continue several hours after the winds are laid.

5. Robin Simcox:

   Pathways out of extremism are very rarely instantaneous. It can take years for former extremists to fully disengage from this ideology. Expecting someone who was fighting alongside ISIS one day to be a legitimate ally in the fight against Islamist extremism the day after is an unrealistic expectation, the increasingly popular idea that we should not jail terrorists because that would only make them even more radical shows how utterly backwards this entire debate can become. Yes, prison radicalization does exist. However, the answer is to deal with the conditions that create prison radicalization – an inability to isolate charismatic Islamist recruiters, for example – not stop sending those who broke the law to prison.