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Word entry · 9 letters

disengage

Best crossword clue

"Detach or withdraw"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ˌdɪsɪŋˈɡeɪd͡ʒ/Part of speech verbSorted adeegginsStarts with DEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. To detach, withdraw, or become free.

Word origin

From Middle French désengager ; dis- + engage.

Used in a sentence

  • With the help of a sleepy waiter, Little Billee got the bacchanalian into his room and lit his candle for him, and, disengaging himself from his maudlin embraces, left him to wallow in solitude.
  • The eight-cylinder Rolls-Royce diesel engines drive through "Twin Disc" torque converters up to a speed of some 46 m.p.h., when the drive automatically changes to direct coupling and the torque converter is disengaged.
  • Three weeks before the election in Iraq, conversation has started bubbling up in Congress, in the Pentagon and some days even in the White House about when and how American forces might begin to disengage in Iraq.

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