Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To separate or unfasten; disconnect.
- transitive verb To remove from association or union with something.
- transitive verb To send (troops or ships, for example) on a special mission.
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To push asunder; to come off or separate from anything; to disengage.
- transitive verb To part; to separate or disunite; to disengage; -- the opposite of
attach - transitive verb To separate for a special object or use; -- used especially in military language.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To take
apart from; to take off.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment
- verb come to be detached
- verb cause to become detached or separated; take off
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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While I don't suffer from any post-baby drama, I do kill my personal anxiety with an iPod full of music that reminds me of good old times, and I take a healthy jog where I detach from the world.
Michael Cohen: Ask Michael Cohen: How To Feel Good Again Michael Cohen 2010
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While I don't suffer from any post-baby drama, I do kill my personal anxiety with an iPod full of music that reminds me of good old times, and I take a healthy jog where I detach from the world.
Michael Cohen: Ask Michael Cohen: How To Feel Good Again Michael Cohen 2010
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Now, when more than a half-billion people use Facebook, couples yearning for children say they are trapped: They are unwilling to detach from the social network, but unable to avoid its frequent reminders - fetal sonograms are seemingly ubiquitous - of what might elude them forever.
Infertile couples cope with prolific Facebook friends Ian Shapira Washington Post Staff Writer 2010
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While I don't suffer from any post-baby drama, I do kill my personal anxiety with an iPod full of music that reminds me of good old times, and I take a healthy jog where I detach from the world.
Michael Cohen: Ask Michael Cohen: How To Feel Good Again Michael Cohen 2010
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Now, when more than a half-billion people use Facebook, couples yearning for children say they are trapped: They are unwilling to detach from the social network, but unable to avoid its frequent reminders - fetal sonograms are seemingly ubiquitous - of what might elude them forever.
Infertile couples cope with prolific Facebook friends Ian Shapira Washington Post Staff Writer 2010
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In a second incident, a hardware failure caused the drop-side rail to detach from the crib.
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Lastly, detach from the outcome to silence the internal judge that tell you you will never get it.
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MMORPG are really fun and so emersive that you can detach from the real world very easily.
Marvel Universe Online Gets the Axe | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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In a second incident, a hardware failure caused the drop-side rail to detach from the crib.
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While I don't suffer from any post-baby drama, I do kill my personal anxiety with an iPod full of music that reminds me of good old times, and I take a healthy jog where I detach from the world.
Michael Cohen: Ask Michael Cohen: How To Feel Good Again Michael Cohen 2010
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