detach
verb (used with object)
to unfasten and separate; disengage; disunite.
had detached
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past perfectof detach.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The RAF confirmed "a pylon" had detached itself from the RAF Coningsby-based Typhoon jet in Haisthorpe, near Bridlington, during a sortie on 18 January.
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2025
Basically, Strong said, part of the cartilage in his knee had detached from the bone.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 4, 2022
Dueñas was 19 in 2004, when she said she felt like something had detached inside her, went to the bathroom and then went to the hospital.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 9, 2021
Her oxygen tube had detached while she was lying prone, but the nurses had so many patients they hadn’t noticed.
From New York Times ● Dec. 26, 2020
By off the plastic he meant that the dead cells had detached from the surface of the flask and had floated away in the broth.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
