as in to liberate
to set free from entanglement or difficulty
sought to disengage myself from the embarrassing situation
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Recent Examples of disengage
The trooper then disengaged near the Manchester town line and did not pursue the driver.
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Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 1 May 2025
Innovation dries up, and high performers disengage.
—Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Yet that very framing is anathema to the Chinese side—and likely to cause Beijing to disengage altogether.
—Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Foreign Affairs, 29 Apr. 2025
In fact, at no time does Defendant-Mangione ask to leave, attempt to leave or try to disengage from the detention.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 28 Apr. 2025
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Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 1 May 2025
Innovation dries up, and high performers disengage.
—Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Yet that very framing is anathema to the Chinese side—and likely to cause Beijing to disengage altogether.
—Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Foreign Affairs, 29 Apr. 2025
In fact, at no time does Defendant-Mangione ask to leave, attempt to leave or try to disengage from the detention.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disengage
Verb
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Do what creatively liberates you, don’t cater to the data!—
Elias Leight,
Billboard,
6 May 2025
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Audiences had to liberate a cadre of musicians from hypnosis and do so by concocting scenarios in which the club’s proprietor was continually forced to leave the room.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2025
Verb
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Wirtz’s potency in the final third would attract attention and could free up Pep Guardiola’s talented front line.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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The men were freed after prosecutors agreed to vacate their convictions in 2014.—
Ryan Oehrli,
Charlotte Observer,
16 May 2025
Verb
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Denver Fire Department crews extricated one person from the crash.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
28 Apr. 2025
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Rudolf’s death surely exacerbated Elisabeth’s desire to extricate herself from the public and physical world—a longing that was also reflected in her obsession with self-improvement and self-edification.—
Elizabeth Djinis,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Apr. 2025
Verb
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To say that is an insult to the years of painful work my wife has done to save herself.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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Fire department personnel were already there, trying to save Davis with CPR.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
16 May 2025
Verb
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DoorDash activation: DoorDash customers and DashPass members can redeem a special race-week takeaway—just show your app and enjoy the perks!—
Erica Wertheim Zohar,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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The customer can redeem points for various rewards, including discounts on service, parts, accessories and toward the purchase of a new Ford vehicle.—
Jamie L. LaReau,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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But Hogg, a Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting survivor who aims to reform the Democratic Party, claimed Monday that the committee vote can't be disentangled from his dispute with the party.—
Brittany Shepherd,
ABC News,
13 May 2025
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Brexit’s drag on the British economy is no longer much debated, though its effects have been at times hard to disentangle from subsequent shocks delivered by the coronavirus pandemic, the war in Ukraine and, now, Mr. Trump’s tariffs.—
Mark Landler,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Parliament enacted the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679, which was meant to ensure that the king released prisoners when the law did not justify confining them.—
Will Weissert,
Chicago Tribune,
10 May 2025
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This practice involves buzzing next to flowers whose pollen is only released when there is a powerful air current next to their anthers so that pollen can be released to the adjacent female stigmas, facilitating pollination.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
10 May 2025
Verb
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The Browns may have an opportunity to rescue themselves from a similar abyss.—
Jeff Howe,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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Sandra Oh and more, the new Smurfs will follow the residents of Smurf Village banding together to rescue Papa Smurf after he is captured by an evil wizard.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
16 May 2025
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“Disengage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disengage. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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