DISENGAGE Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

disengage

verb

ˌdis-in-ˈgāj

Definition of disengage

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 Walker and the witness attempted to disengage from the altercation, but were followed to the area of East 28th Street and Wabash Avenue, where Walker was shot. — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 14 Aug. 2026 Growth has flattened, margins are under pressure, customers are disengaging or the company is missing opportunities it should be positioned to win. — Basant Singh, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 When the exhaust gas flow finally catches up to the eBoost Air, the compressor simply disengages, and the feature is bypassed entirely. — Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 6 Aug. 2026 After three minutes, the session was complete, and the nozzle disengaged. — John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for disengage

Recent Examples of Synonyms for disengage

Verb

France had already been liberated, but Royan was said to be the site of a smattering of Third Reich dead-enders.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
For Russian propagandists, the Azov Brigade, which began as a nationalist militia, was shorthand for the supposedly fascist influences from which Vladimir Putin claimed to be liberating Ukraine.

— Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of liberate

Verb

The result is a system that, in the long term, could carry out sub hunting autonomously, but in the short term acts as an onboard co-pilot, freeing up human operators while doubling sonobuoy processing capacity.

— David Szondy August 12, New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2026
The film memorably told the story of a young boy who befriends and tries to free a killer whale who has been captured in the wild and is living in an aquarium.

— Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of free

Verb

Thornton Fire Department Officials with TFR said four people were injured in the crash, and one person needed to be extricated from one of the vehicles.

— Christa Swanson, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
Four people were injured in the crash, and one person had to be extricated from one of the vehicles, according to the fire department.

— Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of extricate

Verb

Andre Blake saved two shots for Philadelphia, which has won four in a row under 37-year-old interim coach Ryan Richter after Bradley Carnell was let go in late May.

— CBS New York Team, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
Messi had a shot saved at the beginning of the second half, but Palacios then sparked a move from one side of the pitch to the other as Nashville restored its lead in the 49th minute and seized control of the game.

— Dean Jones, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of save

Verb

Systems have to be disentangled, employees moved, contracts rewritten, and corporate functions recreated.

— Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Another limitation, Kiluk says, is that researchers did not fully disentangle the role psychotherapy might have played in changing participants’ behavior.

— Humberto Basilio, Scientific American, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of disentangle

Verb

Tyler Boebert, 21, was arrested Sunday and released from the county's jail that day after posting $10,000 bail, according to the Garfield County Sheriff's Office.

— Denver Post, Denver Post, 11 Aug. 2026
The organization publicly releases minimal information detailing incidents in the region, refraining from specifying the vessels involved.

— Kevin Liptak, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of release

Verb

Local residents even helped rescue one of the young falcons using a bucket and a towel in late June when it was trapped in the Fox River.

— Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
The tubers were rescued Friday amid dense woods and thick ground cover by two state troopers and three Michigan Department of Natural Resources conservation officers.

— Dennis Romero, NBC news, 12 Aug. 2026