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How to use disengage in a sentence

15 example sentences · noun, verb

Disengage means a circular movement of the blade that avoids the opponent's parry. Example: “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.”

Examples of disengage by meaning

verbTo release or loosen from something that binds, entangles, holds, or interlocks.

  • 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.1959 December, “Diesel multiple-units on the St. Pancras-Bedford service”, in Trains Illustrated, page 588
  • He shook it and shook it.¶ After a while Ford found it necessary to disengage.1982 August, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy; 3), London: Pan Books, →ISBN, page 15
  • 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.2005 January 10, David E. Sanger, Eric Schmitt, “Hot Topic: How U.S. Might Disengage in Iraq”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

More sentences with disengage

  • How does sinophone postcolonial studies both critically engage and disengage with the “rise of China”?2012 October, Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, volume 127, number 4, New York, N.Y.: Modern Language…. From the entry sinophone
  • Battles in open space are short and often inconclusive, as the weaker opponent generally disengages.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Space Combat Codex entry. From the entry full-scale
  • These safety lockpins, when engaged, prevent the main locking pins from disengaging, regardless of hydraulic pressure.2008, US Navy, Grumman F6F Hellcat Pilot's Flight Operating Instructions, →ISBN, page 16. From the entry lockpin
  • Normal A-7 departure procedures also call for disengaging all modes except yaw stab of the AFCS.1981 March, Bruce P. Eaton, “Expect the unexpected”, in Dale E. Smith, editor, Approach: The Naval Aviation Safety Review, volume 26…. From the entry hamfist
  • It was difficult indeed for Max to disengage himself from the effusive Spinola's affection without a wrench.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards…. From the entry wrench
  • Blink can be used to disengage, but I don't think that's ever the primary explicit goal of the hero building it.2023 August 5, u/punksterb, “My Dota 2 Defensive Item Alignment Chart”, in Reddit, r/DotA2, archived from the original on 18 Nov 2023. From the entry supp
  • "We are about to test sub-light engine disengage."2017, A.K. Brown, Humans on the Menu (Champagne Universe Series: Book 2), page 36. From the entry sub-light
  • Then there was that interminable, deadly pause between disengaging the stones and the old clips releasing from the hotguns.2014, HB Kurtzwilde, Student of the Tradition, →ISBN. From the entry hotgun
  • He disengages my arm in order to take my hand in both of his and squeeze it tight.2007, Cassandra King, Queen of Broken Hearts. From the entry by God
  • This removes the possibility of a disengage transient due to mistrim when the attitude hold mode is disengaged.1967, United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel, Aviation Electrician's Mate 1 & C, page 304. From the entry mistrim
  • The blasé personality is really a form of social retreatism, since it is predicated on disengaging with the variety and diversity of exchange and interaction.2007, Chris Rojek, “Georg Simmel”, in Tim Edwards, editor, Cultural Theory, London; Thousand Oaks, Calif.: SAGE Publications, →ISBN, page 44. From the entry blasé
  • Is it the fall of age merely, a geriatrical complaint, this drift to disengage, this cool unrage? or rather some dark philosophic taint?1985, Robert Francis, Collected Poems 1936-1976 - Page 195. From the entry unrage

Meaning of disengage

  1. noun A circular movement of the blade that avoids the opponent's parry.
  2. verb To release or loosen from something that binds, entangles, holds, or interlocks.

Full definition of disengage

Questions about disengage in a sentence

How do you use disengage in a sentence?
Disengage is used as a noun and verb. For example: “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.”
What is a short sentence with disengage?
“"We are about to test sub-light engine disengage."”
What does disengage mean?
Disengage means a circular movement of the blade that avoids the opponent's parry.

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