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. Jeb Bush:

   With grandiosity, they announce resets and disengage, hashtag campaigns replace actual diplomacy and engagement. Personal diplomacy and maturity is replaced by leaks and personal disparagement.

2. Lori Lightfoot:

   What it gets is they get to try to flex their power, but they do it at the expense of our children, they do it at the expense of our families. We know that when we were fully remote previously, 100,000 of our kids lost contact and would disengage from the system. We saw in the elementary schools the failure rate during remote learning triple from what it was. We saw the trauma and social emotional harm to students across our system.

3. 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.

4. Fox News contributor Joe Trippi:

   The only thing GOP incumbent senators can do is support him loosely and try to disengage with the national Trump and Clinton fight, the real likelihood is, whoever wins the presidency will end up with control of the Senate, and in the end, there is going to be less power for both parties – and maybe that’s what people want.

5. Jeb Bush:

   This administration talks, but the words fade, they draw red lines, and then erase them. With grandiosity they announce resets and then disengage. Hashtag campaigns replace actual diplomacy and engagement.