disengage
A circular movement of the blade that avoids the opponent's parryA circular movement of the blade that avoids the opponent's parry
» The alarm system has been disengaged.
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1 sensesA circular movement of the blade that avoids the opponent's parry
Examples
5 sentencesThe alarm system has been disengaged.
Alberto heard the sound of the lock disengaging.
He had a hard time to disengage himself from the gang.
Sami disengaged the latch.
The U.S. space shuttle Discovery disengaged from the international space station Saturday in preparation for it's return to Earth.
Origin
From Middle French désengager ; dis- + engage.From Middle French désengager ; dis- + engage.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
plural: disengages| Singular | disengage |
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regular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.