disengage
verb
dis·en·gage
ˌdis-in-ˈgāj 
disengaged; disengaging; disengages
: to release from something that engages or involves
: to release or detach oneself : withdraw
Examples of disengage in a Sentence
The two dancers moved together in a series of quick movements before disengaging and leaping apart.
Put the car in gear, and then slowly disengage the clutch while pressing on the gas pedal.
If there is a malfunction, the gears will automatically disengage.
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Bring it back indoors and vacuum, disengaging the beater bars.
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Jennifer Beck Goldblatt, Architectural Digest, 31 Oct. 2025
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Rogé agreed that Gen Z is not disengaged but discerning.
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Hull says that some effective safety tweaks to existing chatbots would be relatively simple — they could be programmed to nudge a user to disengage during late-night hours, for instance.
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Jennifer Beck Goldblatt, Architectural Digest, 31 Oct. 2025
Active news consumers were much more likely to be politically engaged, while passive news consumers were much more likely to be disengaged or moderately engaged in politics.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Rogé agreed that Gen Z is not disengaged but discerning.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Oct. 2025
Hull says that some effective safety tweaks to existing chatbots would be relatively simple — they could be programmed to nudge a user to disengage during late-night hours, for instance.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
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“Disengage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disengage. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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disengage
verb
dis·en·gage
ˌdis-ᵊn-ˈgāj
: to free or release from an engagement, entanglement, or burden
disengage an automobile clutch
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