1
[ verb ] release from something that holds fast. connects, or entangles

Synonyms

withdraw

Examples

"I want to disengage myself from his influence" "disengage the gears"

Used in print

(Jay C. Harris and John R. Van Wazer, "Detergent...)

Then during washing , the greasy soil rolls back at the edges so that emulsified droplets can disengage themselves from the sorbed oil mass , with the aid of mechanical action , and enter the aqueous phase .

2
[ verb ] free or remove obstruction from

Synonyms

free

Examples

"free a path across the cluttered floor"

3
[ verb ] become free; as of gears, for example
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