disengage
Example Sentences
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When he is reading a prepared text he seems disengaged, as if he fears nothing exciting will happen.
"That's why some young people disengage even if they technically still have access…without peers present, both the social feedback and the mood payoff drop sharply."
From BBC
“The U.S. was trying to disengage from Europe at the end of the war,” said Benn Steil, director of international economics at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.
Despite a 2021 agreement to disengage troops at the lake, both sides maintain a military presence there.
In non-hybrid models, the AWD system consists of an electromagnetic coupling ahead of the rear differential, engaging and disengaging the rear wheels.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
