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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
de·tach       [di-tach] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object)
1.to unfasten and separate; disengage; disunite.
2.Military. to send away (a regiment, ship, etc.) on a special mission.
[Origin: 1470–80; < MF détacher, OF destachier; see dis-1, attach]

—Related forms
de·tach·a·ble, adjective
de·tach·a·bil·i·ty, noun
de·tach·a·bly, adverb
de·tach·er, noun
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de·tach       (dĭ-tāch')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   de·tached, de·tach·ing, de·tach·es
  1. To separate or unfasten; disconnect: detach a check from the checkbook; detach burs from one's coat.
  2. To remove from association or union with something: detach a calf from its mother; detached herself from the group.
  3. 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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detachable

adjective
designed to be unfastened or disconnected without damage; "shirts with detachable collars" [ant: attachable] 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Detachable

De*tach"a*ble\, a. That can be detached.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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