to detach
3
4.3
- verb
- /dɪˈtæʧ/
- To clean the device, you can easily detach the battery from the main unit.
- detached involvement
- remain detached
Examples
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Initially, these women were not happy about being detached from their work units.
Academic text (1996) -
When we hit 40,000 feet, the shuttle will detach, ascend... ...and then fire the first of two propellant systems, the liquid fuel boosters.
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And you need to detach and seek an appropriate target.
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You can actually detach the screen and boom, you can use it just like this.
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I think this is where we can detach this part of the heat sink.
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So we have detached him from his monitor.
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General Digby, if you can detach your forces in this area... and approach Bristol from the east...
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"Much to Gordie's surprise and relief, he found the ability to detach had not abandoned him.
Fiction book (1999) -
Lieutenant, permission to detach.
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The astronaut must detach the module before returning to the main spacecraft.
Synonyms
∞
2.7
To take something out of a place, often with effort
453
2.7
To keep one thing apart from another so they do not mix
372
1.9
To break into parts or pieces
204
4.2
To keep someone or something apart from others
195
2.7
To take something off from where it is attached
125
2.6
To divide something into smaller parts
104
3.5
To separate something so it is no longer joined, for example remove a cable or turn off power
71
2.8
To make a piece come away from something by hitting or bending it
60
3.9
To keep something separate for a special use or to show it as different
51
5.3
To stop being part of or connected to something
35
2.5
To take something off where it hangs, like a coat or necklace
29
6.1
To force something or someone out of a place where they are stuck
5
6.7
Disconnect parts that were joined so they work independently
5
5.3
To disconnect two things that are joined, often machine parts
4
6.4
To free something by untying ropes or cords
1
4.2
To divide a space with a wall or curtain to make a new area
1
6.1
To separate something from what it is connected to
1
7.4
Separate things that are attached to each other
1
6.6
To release something that is tied or fastened so it can move away
1
9.9
To cut or separate something into parts, often by breaking it
1
7.0
To separate parts so they are no longer connected
Antonyms
How Detached
3
4.3
599
2.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Detach comes from the Latin parts de- ('away') and tangere ('to touch'), giving the idea of 'taking away from the main body'. A helpful image is a leader sending a small group 'away' from the main team, which is why to detach can mean to separate a part for a special task.