Detach

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To separate or unfasten; disconnect: detach a check from the checkbook; detach burs from one's coat.
  • v. To remove from association or union with something: detach a calf from its mother; detached herself from the group.
  • v. To send (troops or ships, for example) on a special mission.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To take apart from; to take off.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To part; to separate or disunite; to disengage; -- the opposite of attach
  • v. To separate for a special object or use; -- used especially in military language.
  • verb-intransitive. To push asunder; to come off or separate from anything; to disengage.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To unfasten; disunite; disengage and separate, as one thing from another: as, to detach a locomotive from a train; to detach a rock from its bed; to detach the seal from a document; to detach a man from his party.
  • To separate for a special purpose or service; send away, as from a post of duty or a larger body, on a distinct mission: chiefly in military use: as, to detach a ship or a regiment for some special duty; to detach an officer from a ship or station.
  • Synonyms To sever, withdraw, draw off, disjoin, disconnect unhitch.
  • To detail.
  • To become detached or separated; separate or disunite itself or one's self.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment
  • v. come to be detached
  • v. cause to become detached or separated; take off
  • Antonym
    attach   
    Verb Form
    detached    detachement    detaches    detaching   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    separate    divide   
    Cross Reference
    detail   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    disunite    separate    detail    draw off    disjoin    withdraw    disengage    sever   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Rach    Thatch    Vlach    attach    batch    brach    catch    dispatch    drach    gatch   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts