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Antonyms for engage:


verb hire for job, use

shun
cancel
dismiss
fire
free
lose
reject
spend
banish
decline
defuse
discharge
disconnect
eject
expel
oust
refuse
release
surrender
yield

verb occupy oneself; engross

bore
disenchant
disinterest
free
ignore
release
disgust
forget
neglect
offend
repel
repulse
discharge
disconnect

verb promise to marry

break
deny
disagree
disavow
fail
loose
loosen
lose
refuse
release
unfasten
untie
banish
cancel
decline
defuse
discharge
disconnect
dismiss
eject
expel
fire
oust
reject
shun
surrender
yield

verb start a fight; attack

retreat
surrender
banish
cancel
decline
defuse
discharge
disconnect
dismiss
eject
expel
fire
oust
refuse
reject
release
shun
yield

verb interconnect; bring into operation

detach
disconnect
disunite
unfasten
unlink
banish
cancel
decline
defuse
discharge
dismiss
eject
expel
fire
oust
refuse
reject
release
shun
surrender
yield

Examples of uses:

Joe, engage countermeasures now. - The counters won't engage.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
And before I engage in professional matters, I feel it is vital to engage in social congress.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
Don't engage her. What do you mean, don't engage her?
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
Aye, sir. OOD, engage shafts port and starboard. engage shafts port and starboard.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
Not if we engage, as Antony said. They won't engage.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
We're going to engage rooms of Monsieur Journet's hotel.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
You will engage no enemy shipping, including lifeboats.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
My mission was to engage an enemy of greatly superior strength.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
If you're not back, it will be necessary to engage someone else.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
I would like to engage his yacht for a quick trip to Marseilles.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf

Synonyms for engage: