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de·tach    Audio Help   (dĭ-tāch')  Pronunciation Key  tr.v.   de·tached, de·tach·ing, de·tach·es To separate or unfasten; disconnect: detach a check from the checkbook; detach burs from one's coat. To remove from association or union with something: detach a calf from its mother; detached herself from the group. To send (troops or ships, for example) on a special mission. [French détacher, from Old French destachier : des-, de- + attachier, to attach; see attach.] de·tach'a·bil'i·ty n., de·tach'a·ble adj., de·tach'a·bly adv.

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

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detach [diˈtӕtʃ] verb
See also: detachable, detached, detachment

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Detach

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.

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Detach

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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