About The Word Detach

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Detach

Detach Meaning & Definition
Detach Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Detach?

[v] cause to become detached or separated; take off; "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it"
[v] come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery"
[v] military use: separate (a small unit) from a larger, esp. for a special assignment; "detach a regiment"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Detach: come away | come off

Related Terms | Find terms related to Detach: abstract | accredit | assign | authorize | break up | call up | cast off | charge | charter | commandeer | commission | commit | conscript | consign | cut off | deactivate | debrief | delegate | demob | demobilize | depute | deputize | detach for service | detail | devolute | devolve | devolve upon | disaffiliate | disassemble | disband | discharge | disconnect | disengage | disentangle | disintegrate | disjoin | dismantle | dismember | dismiss | dismount | disorganize | disperse | dissociate | dissolve | disunite | divorce | doff | draft | empower | enlist | enroll | entrust | free | give in charge | go separate ways | impress | induct | join | let go | levy | liberate | license | list | loose | loosen | mission | mobilize | muster | muster in | muster out | part | part company | post | press | raise | recruit | release | remove | scatter | send out | separate | sever | sign on | sign up | split up | summon | sunder | take apart | take off | transfer | unbar | unbind | unbolt | unbuckle | unbutton | unchain | unclasp | uncouple | undo | unfasten | unfetter | unglue | unlace | unlatch | unleash | unlock | unloose | unloosen | unstick | unstrap | untie | warrant | weigh anchor

See Also | blow off | break | break off | chop off | cut off | disconnect | divide | divide | fall off | lop off | part | separate | separate | snap off | unbind | unhook | unsolder

Detach In Webster's Dictionary

\De*tach"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Detached}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Detaching}.] [F. d['e]tacher (cf. It. distaccare, staccare); pref. d['e] (L. dis) + the root found also in E. attach. See {Attach}, and cf. {Staccato}.] 1. To part; to separate or disunite; to disengage; -- the opposite of attach; as, to detach the coats of a bulbous root from each other; to detach a man from a leader or from a party. 2. To separate for a special object or use; -- used especially in military language; as, to detach a ship from a fleet, or a company from a regiment. Syn: To separate; disunite; disengage; sever; disjoin; withdraw; draw off. See {Detail}.
\De*tach"\, v. i. To push asunder; to come off or separate from anything; to disengage. [A vapor] detaching, fold by fold, From those still heights. --Tennyson.

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