PULLING AWAY Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

pulling away

verb

present participle of pull away

as in detaching

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Verb

Shortly after, Waldorf's placenta had trouble detaching.

— Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 2 June 2026
Visual effects company Weta created the effect of Vecna’s head detaching from his body.

— Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026

Definition of detaching

Verb

The stressor-detachment model defines psychological detachment as mentally disengaging from work during nonwork time and reviews evidence on detachment as a core recovery experience.

— Gerald J. Leonard, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Their drama is already stale, and between Nathan’s touchiness and Joe’s mistreatment of women, their fight over who is a better guy, a better seaman, a better worker, a better boyfriend is disengaging at best and aggravating at worst.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 23 June 2026

Definition of disengaging

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At the heart of every Freak is its distinctive flying carousel architecture.

— Anthony DeMarco, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Surveillance footage captured by a camera on the affected home, shared by Avila's daughter Jennifer Barbour on Facebook, shows the vehicle flying off the road before striking the home.

— Greta Cross, USA Today, 7 July 2026

Definition of flying

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The fundamental goal of the 1787 Constitution was to establish a republican form of government — and that meant disentangling the traditional powers of the monarch and placing them in different branches of government.

— David French, Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2026
Embedded in a patriarchal family within an oppressive society, Mrie faces the challenge of disentangling herself from both.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026

Definition of disentangling

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The actress was born in a refugee camp in Germany, where her parents had landed after fleeing from Iran.

— Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026
The pair of earthquakes struck on June 24, knocking down buildings, sending residents fleeing for safety and trapping some survivors under the rubble for days.

— Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 8 July 2026

Definition of fleeing

Verb

In other words, just as demand for orbit is exploding, the usable capacity of some orbital zones may be shrinking.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 6 July 2026
His government also points to shrinking the gender pay gap and boosting support for women’s reproductive health.

— Chad de Guzman, Time, 6 July 2026

Definition of shrinking

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