detach
verb (used with object)
to unfasten and separate; disengage; disunite.
am detaching
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present progressiveof detach (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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When I look at this desk I am specializing; that is, I am detaching this piece of furniture from all else in the room.
From The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education by Palmer, Alice Freeman
