pullout

Plural: pullouts

Noun

• A withdrawal; a removable section or component.
• to break off a military action with an enemy
• A withdrawal, especially of armed forces.
• The change of the flight of an aircraft from a dive to level or climbing flight.
• An object, such as a newspaper supplement, that can be pulled out from something else.
• Synonym of liftout (“quotation given special visual treatment”).
• An area by the side of a road where vehicles may temporarily stop in safety. Typical pullouts allow drivers and passengers to safely exit the vehicle but rarely have additional amenities.
• The ending of a period of surfing by navigating the surfboard into or over the back of a wave.
• The coitus interruptus method of birth control.

Examples

• A sudden pullout from the game by his opponent was unexpected but welcomed.

Synonyms

disengagement, fallback, liftout, turnout