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detach
[ dih-tach ]
verb (used with object)
- to unfasten and separate; disengage; disunite.
- Military. to send away (a regiment, ship, etc.) on a special mission.
detach
/ dɪˈtætʃ /
verb
- to disengage and separate or remove, as by pulling; unfasten; disconnect
- military to separate (a small unit) from a larger, esp for a special assignment
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Derived Forms
- deˈtachable, adjective
- deˈtacher, noun
- deˌtachaˈbility, noun
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Other Words From
- de·tacha·ble adjective
- de·tacha·bili·ty noun
- de·tacha·bly adverb
- de·tacher noun
- nonde·tacha·bili·ty noun
- nonde·tacha·ble adjective
- prede·tach verb (used with object)
- self-de·taching adjective
- unde·tacha·ble adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of detach1
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Example Sentences
Yet here, as in so many other places, we have let our fears detach from reality—even more than our selfies have detached from it.
“You have to be strong and detach yourself from what could happen,” Giffords told me last fall.
Even if we were conscious of the manipulation, it was very hard to detach ourselves from that because we were so burned out.
To fix on any one stage in such an evolution, detach it, affirm it, is to wrest a true scripture to its destruction.
It was a difficult matter to detach the old diplomat from the circle surrounding him, but Varney succeeded at length.
Even the entrance of Rorie, and the beginning of our meal, did not detach him from his train of thought beyond a moment.
I have expressed the idea in other words in order to detach the thoughts of my readers from the traditional false interpretation.
If the Dons detach their fleet out of the Mediterranean, we can do the same—however, that is distant.
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