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–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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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

1684, from Fr. détacher, from O.Fr. destachier, from des- "apart" + attachier "attach" (see attach). Detachment "standing aloof from objects or circumstances" is from 1798.

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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

to unfasten or remove (from)
Example: I detached the bottom part of the form and sent it back.

Arabic:	يَفْصِل
Chinese (Simplified):	分开
Chinese (Traditional):	分開
Czech:	oddělit, odpojit
Danish:	løsne; frigøre; rive af
Dutch:	losmaken
Estonian:	eemaldama
Finnish:	irrottaa
French:	détacher
German:	abnehmen
Greek:	αποσυνδέω, αποσπώ
Hungarian:	elválaszt
Icelandic:	losa sundur, skilja (frá), losa
Indonesian:	melepaskan
Italian:	staccare

Japanese:	分離する
Korean:	떼다, 분리하다
Latvian:	atdalīt; atšķirt
Lithuanian:	atskirti, atsegti, atkabinti
Norwegian:	rive, *klippe av, løsne, skille fra
Polish:	odłączać
Portuguese (Brazil):	destacar
Portuguese (Portugal):	destacar
Romanian:	a detaşa, a desprinde
Russian:	отделять; отрывать
Slovak:	oddeliť
Slovenian:	ločiti, odtrgati
Spanish:	separar, quitar
Swedish:	lösgöra, ta loss, avskilja
Turkish:	ayırmak

See also: detachable, detached, detachment, "detach" in any language

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de·tach (d-tch)
v. de·tached, de·tach·ing, de·tach·es

To separate or unfasten; disconnect.
To remove from association or union with something.

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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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Detach

De"tail\ (d[-e]*t[=a]l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Detailed (-t[=a]ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Detailing.] [Cf. F. d['e]tailler to cut up in pieces, tell in detail. See Detail, n.]

1. To relate in particulars; to particularize; to report minutely and distinctly; to enumerate; to specify; as, he detailed all the facts in due order.

2. (Mil.) To tell off or appoint for a particular service, as an officer, a troop, or a squadron.

Syn: Detail, Detach.

Usage: Detail respect the act of individualizing the person or body that is separated; detach, the removing for the given end or object.

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Detach

Stac*ca"to\, a. [It., p. p. of staccere, equivalent to distaccare. See Detach.]

1. (Mus.) Disconnected; separated; distinct; -- a direction to perform the notes of a passage in a short, distinct, and pointed manner. It is opposed to legato, and often indicated by heavy accents written over or under the notes, or by dots when the performance is to be less distinct and emphatic.

2. Expressed in a brief, pointed manner.

Staccato and peremptory [literary criticism]. --G. Eliot.

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