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de·tach

(dĭ-tăch′)
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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detach

(dɪˈtætʃ)
vb (tr)
1. to disengage and separate or remove, as by pulling; unfasten; disconnect
2. (Military) military to separate (a small unit) from a larger one, esp for a special assignment
[C17: from Old French destachier, from des- dis-1 + attachier to attach]
deˈtachable adj
deˌtachaˈbility n
deˈtacher n
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de•tach

(dɪˈtætʃ)

v.t.
1. to unfasten and separate; disengage.
2. to send (a regiment, ship, etc.) on a special mission.
[1470–80; < Middle French détacher, Old French destachier; see dis-1, attach]
de•tach′a•ble, adj.
de•tach`a•bil′i•ty, n.
de•tach′a•bly, adv.
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detach


Past participle: detached
Gerund: detaching

Imperative
detach
detach
Present
I detach
you detach
he/she/it detaches
we detach
you detach
they detach
Preterite
I detached
you detached
he/she/it detached
we detached
you detached
they detached
Present Continuous
I am detaching
you are detaching
he/she/it is detaching
we are detaching
you are detaching
they are detaching
Present Perfect
I have detached
you have detached
he/she/it has detached
we have detached
you have detached
they have detached
Past Continuous
I was detaching
you were detaching
he/she/it was detaching
we were detaching
you were detaching
they were detaching
Past Perfect
I had detached
you had detached
he/she/it had detached
we had detached
you had detached
they had detached
Future
I will detach
you will detach
he/she/it will detach
we will detach
you will detach
they will detach
Future Perfect
I will have detached
you will have detached
he/she/it will have detached
we will have detached
you will have detached
they will have detached
Future Continuous
I will be detaching
you will be detaching
he/she/it will be detaching
we will be detaching
you will be detaching
they will be detaching
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been detaching
you have been detaching
he/she/it has been detaching
we have been detaching
you have been detaching
they have been detaching
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been detaching
you will have been detaching
he/she/it will have been detaching
we will have been detaching
you will have been detaching
they will have been detaching
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been detaching
you had been detaching
he/she/it had been detaching
we had been detaching
you had been detaching
they had been detaching
Conditional
I would detach
you would detach
he/she/it would detach
we would detach
you would detach
they would detach
Past Conditional
I would have detached
you would have detached
he/she/it would have detached
we would have detached
you would have detached
they would have detached
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb 1. detach - cause to become detached or separated; take off; "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it"
snap off, break off, break - break a piece from a whole; "break a branch from a tree"
unbind - untie or unfasten; "unbind the feet of this poor woman"
disconnect - make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten
unhook - take off a hook
attach - cause to be attached
2. detach - separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment; "detach a regiment"
armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
divide, separate - make a division or separation
3. detach - come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery"
blow off - come off due to an explosion or other strong force
chop off, lop off, cut off - remove by or as if by cutting; "cut off the ear"; "lop off the dead branch"
unsolder - remove the soldering from
fall off - come off; "This button had fallen off"
divide, part, separate - come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated"
attach - become attached; "The spider's thread attached to the window sill"
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detach

verb
1. separate, free, remove, divide, isolate, cut off, sever, loosen, segregate, disconnect, tear off, disengage, disentangle, unfasten, disunite, uncouple, unhitch, disjoin, unbridle Detach the bottom part from the form and keep it for reference.
separate bind, connect, attach, fasten
2. free, remove, separate, isolate, cut off, segregate, disengage He saw his father detach himself from the group and walk away.
detach yourself from something distance yourself from, disengage yourself from, remove yourself from, separate yourself from, liberate yourself from, disconnect yourself from, disentangle yourself from Try to detach yourself from the problem and be more objective.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

detach

verb
1. To separate one thing from another thing:
2. To become or cause to become apart one from another:
Idioms: part company, set at odds.
3. To remove from association with:
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Translations
يَفْصِل
odpojitoddělit
frigøreløsne
eraldama
losa sundur, skilja , losa
atkabintiatsegtiatskirasatskiriamasatskirti
atdalītatšķirt
ločitiodstranitiodtrgati

detach

[dɪˈtætʃ] VT (= separate) → separar (from de) (= unstick) → despegar (Mil) → destacar
to detach o.s. from a groupsepararse de un grupo
to detach o.s. from a situationdistanciarse de una situación
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

detach

[dɪˈtætʃ] vtdétacher
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detach

vt
(= separate, unfasten) rope, cartloslösen (from von); section of form, documentabtrennen (from von); part of machine, wooden leg, collar, hoodabnehmen (from von); liningherausnehmen (from aus); coach from trainabhängen (from von); to detach oneself from a groupsich von einer Gruppe lösen or trennen ; a section became detached from ...ein Teil löste sich von ...
(Mil, Naut) → abkommandieren
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detach

[dɪˈtætʃ] vtstaccare, distaccare
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detach

(diˈtӕtʃ) verb
to unfasten or remove (from). I detached the bottom part of the form and sent it back. losmaak, afskeur يَفْصِل отделям destacar oddělit, odpojit abnehmen løsne; frigøre; rive af αποσυνδέω, αποσπώ separar, quitar eemaldama باز کردن؛ جدا کردن irrottaa détacher לְנָתֵק पृथक करना odvojiti, otcijepiti elválaszt melepaskan losa sundur, skilja (frá), losa staccare 分離する 분리하다 atskirti, atsegti, atkabinti atdalīt; atšķirt pisah losmaken rive/klippe av, løsne, skille fra odłączać جلا كول، را بېلول destacar a detaşa, a desprinde отделять; отрывать oddeliť ločiti, odtrgati odvojiti lösgöra, ta loss, avskilja ถอดออก ayırmak 分開,拆下 відділяти(ся), відокремлювати الگ کرنا tháo gỡ 分开,拆卸
deˈtachable adjective
able to be detached. skeibare, los مُمْكِن فَصْلُهـا отделям destacável oddělitelný abnehmbar aftagelig αποσπώμενος, κινητός separable eemaldatav جدا شدنی؛ باز کردنی irrotettava détachable תָּלִיש वियोज्य odvojiv levehető bisa dilepaskan laus, sem hægt er að losa frá staccabile 分離できる 분리할 수 있는 atskiriamas, nuimamas atdalāms; atšķirams ditinggalkan afneembaar løs, avtakbar, til å ta av do odłączania, zdejmowany رابلیلول destacável de­­ta­­şabil отделяемый; отрывной oddeliteľný ločljiv odvojiv löstagbar, avtagbar, lös ซึ่งถอดออกได้ ayrılabilir 可拆下的 знімний; відривний جو الگ کیا جا سکے có thể tách rời ra được 可分开的,可拆开的
deˈtached adjective
1. standing etc apart or by itself. a detached house. alleenstaande مَفْصول، غَيْر مُتَّصِل отделен isolado oddělený, stojící o samotě alleinstehend fritstående ανεξάρτητος, χωριστός independiente eraldi seisev مجزا؛ غیرمتصل erillis- détaché נפרד अलग हुआ odijeljen, nasamu különálló terpisah aðskilinn; stakur isolato 分離独立した 독립된 atskiras savrupmāja terpisah vrijstaand atskilt, frittstående oddzielny بيل، جلا isolado separat стоящий особняком samostatný, oddelený ločen izdvojena kuća fristående, fritt liggande ซึ่งแยกออก müstakil ev 獨立的 окремий, відокремлений الگ تھلگ đứng riêng ra 独立的
2. not personally involved or showing no emotion or prejudice. a detached attitude to the problem. objektiewe, onbevooroordeelde غَيْر مُتَحَيِّز безпристрастен distante nestranný, nezaujatý losgelöst uengageret αποστασιοποιημένος objetivo, imparcial erapooletu بی علاقه؛ بی طرف eläytymätön détaché מנותק उदासीन, तटस्थ rezerviran, nepristran tárgyilagos memisahkan diri ósnortinn, áhugalaus distaccato 超然とした 객관적인 bešališkas neatkarīgs; objektīvs tabah afstandelijk uengasjert, uhildet, upartisk bezstronny بی طرفه distante detaşat беспристрастный nezaujatý nepristranski nepristrasan oengagerad, likgiltig, opartisk ไม่เกี่ยวข้อง;ไม่ลําเอียง yansız, tarafsız 公正的 безсторонній, неупереджений بے لاگ vô tư 公正的
deˈtachment noun
1. the state of not being influenced by emotion or prejudice. afgetrokkenheid, objektiwiteit عَدَم تَحَيُّز безпристрастие indiferença nestrannost, nezaujatost die Unvoreingenommenheit uengagerethed αποτασιοποίηση objetividad, imparcialidad erapooletus بی اعتنایی eläytymättömyys détachement אובייקטיביות तटस्थता nepristranost (lelki) függetlenség tak terpengaruh hlutleysi, hleypidómaleysi distacco, imparzialità 超然としていること 공정 bešališkumas neatkarība; objektivitāte perpisahan afstandelijkheid upartiskhet, uengasjert holdning bezstronność بی اتبار indiferência detaşare беспристрастность nestrannosť nepristranskost nepristrasnost likgiltighet, opartiskhet ความไม่ลําเอียง yansızlık, tarafsızlık 公正超然 відчуженість بے تعلقی ، غیر جانبداری tính độc lập 不偏不倚
2. the act of detaching. losmaking, skeiding فَصل отделяне separação oddělení, odloučení die Absonderung frigørelse; afrivning; uengagering αποσύνδεση, απόσπαση separación eemaldamine جداشدگی؛ بازشدگی irrotus séparation ניתוק पृथक्करण odvajanje leválasztás pemisahan aðskilnaður, losun separazione 分離 분리 atskyrimas atdalīšana berpisah het losmaken atskillelse, løsning, løsriving oddzielanie جلا شوى separação separare разъединение; отделение oddeľovanie ločitev odvajanje lösgörande, avskiljande การวางเฉย;การแยกออก ayırma 分開,拆下 відділ(ення) علاحدہ ہونے کا عمل sự tháo gỡ 分开,拆卸
3. a group (especially of soldiers). A detachment was sent to guard the supplies. afdeling مَفْرَزَه من الجُنود част destacamento vyčleněná jednotka, oddíl das Sonderkommando afdeling στρατιωτικό απόσπασμα destacamento väesalk گروه اعزامی؛ گروهان osasto détachement פְּלַגָה सेना की टुकड़ी odred különítmény detasemen liðssveit distaccamento 分遣隊 파견대 dalinys, būrys vienība; nodaļa askar detachement avdeling oddział گروه اعزامی؛ گروهان destacamento detaşament отряд vyčlenená jednotka oddelek odred detachement, avdelad trupp การส่งกองทหารหรือเรือไปเป็นพิเศษ müfreze 分遣隊 загін, команда فوجی دستہ biệt đội 分遣队
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detach

v. separar, desprender, despegar; desprenderse; soltarse.
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He said all this slowly, detaching statement from statement with a little awkward silence, and he kept his kind, foolish eyes fixed on mine.
The power to detach and to magnify by detaching is the essence of rhetoric in the hands of the orator and the poet.
"The part which I acted is now to be explained.His sisters' uneasiness had been equally excited with my own; our coincidence of feeling was soon discovered, and, alike sensible that no time was to be lost in detaching their brother, we shortly resolved on joining him directly in London.

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