/ ˌdɪsɪnˈgeɪdʒ; NAmE / verb
1.
disengage (sth/sb) (from sth/sb) | disengage yourself (from sb/sth) to free sb/sth from the person or thing that is holding them or it; to become free :
[ vn ]
She gently disengaged herself from her sleeping son.
to disengage the clutch (= when driving a car)
( figurative )
They wished to disengage themselves from these policies.
[ v ]
We saw the booster rockets disengage and fall into the sea.
2.
[ v , vn ] ( technical ) if an army disengages or sb disengages it, it stops fighting and moves away
—compare engage
► dis·en·gage·ment noun [ U ]