disengage

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

dis·en·gage [disengage disengages disengaged disengaging] BrE [ˌdɪsɪnˈɡeɪdʒ] NAmE [ˌdɪsɪnˈɡeɪdʒ] verb
1. transitive, intransitive (formal)to free sb/sth from the person or thing that is holding them or it; to become free
•~ yourself (from sb/sth) She gently disengaged herself from her sleeping son.
• (figurative)They wished to disengage themselves from these policies.
•~ (sth/sb) (from sth/sb) to disengage the clutch (= when driving a car)
•We saw the booster rockets disengage and fall into the sea.
2. intransitive, transitive ~ (sth) (technical)if an army disengages or sb disengages it, it stops fighting and moves away
compare ↑engage
Derived Word: ↑disengagement
Verb forms:

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  free, withdraw
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  engage, obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up, mesh, lock, operate