to unattach
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6.1
- verb
- Can you unattach it from the wall?
Examples
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Bone marrow cells in vivo live unattached in a three-dimensional connective tissue framework.
Fiction book (1996) -
Make sure to unattach the hose from the faucet before winter.
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And now I will magically unattach them.
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The sweat bead reaches the bottom of Ed's chin, trembles for a second, then unattaches itself.
Fiction book (1998) -
She'd been talking with another woman at the bar who was as short and pale as she was tall and weathered, but it looked like one of those conversations that unattached people have in bars when they're looking for someone else to talk with.
Fiction book (1994) -
To clean the shelves properly, you need to unattach the brackets first.
Synonyms
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1.5
To move something or someone away from a place
321
2.9
To move apart or stop being together
235
3.5
To become loose and fall off
195
2.7
To take something off from where it is attached
121
1.0
Make a knot or lace loose by undoing it
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
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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
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6.1
To force something or someone out of a place where they are stuck
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4.0
To come apart from something it is connected to
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6.7
Disconnect parts that were joined so they work independently
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3.4
To open something by undoing a button or zipper
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5.3
To disconnect two things that are joined, often machine parts
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6.4
To free something by untying ropes or cords
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5.7
To take off something that is attached to another thing, like a trailer or bicycle
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3.9
To come away from something it was stuck to
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7.0
To make something less tight or set something free
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3.5
To remove something that is stuck with glue
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7.4
Separate things that are attached to each other
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6.6
To release something that is tied or fastened so it can move away
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6.8
Take something off a wall or surface
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7.0
To separate parts so they are no longer connected
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7.4
To free something that is stuck by removing what blocks it so it can move again
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5.8
To become loose and move away from a surface
To stop a machine part from getting power so it no longer moves
Antonyms
How Attached
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unattach is formed from un- ('reverse' or 'not') and attach ('to fasten or join'), so it literally means to take something off or separate it from what it was fixed to.