detach
verb (used with object)
to unfasten and separate; disengage; disunite.
have detached
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present perfectof detach.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Two experts independently suggested the left engine may have detached from the plane after suffering from a mechanical or structural failure.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2025
And in ghost hunting communities, these are thought to be not dead people, but pieces of rage that have somehow gotten so powerful, they have detached from someone's body.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2019
I watched peers go through surgeries to have detached hamstrings reconnected.
From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2018
"Home prices have detached from construction costs," Romem wrote in a recent blog post.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2018
“Papa Papa Papa Papa,” Marie-Laure is saying, but her body seems to have detached itself from her voice, and her words make a faraway, desolate cadence.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
