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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.
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
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| Verb | 1. | detach - cause to become detached or separated; take off; "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it" 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" | |
| 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" attach - become attached; "The spider's thread attached to the window sill" |
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detach
verb
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.
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detach
verb1. 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) → destacarto detach o.s. from a group → separarse de un grupo
to detach o.s. from a situation → distanciarse 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
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
detach
vt
(= separate, unfasten) rope, cart → loslösen (from von); section of form, document → abtrennen (from von); part of machine, wooden leg, collar, hood → abnehmen (from von); lining → herausnehmen (from aus); coach from train → abhängen (from von); to detach oneself from a group → sich von einer Gruppe lösen or trennen; a section became detached from … → ein Teil löste sich von …
(Mil, Naut) → abkommandieren
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
detach
(diˈtӕtʃ) verb to unfasten or remove (from). I detached the bottom part of the form and sent it back.
deˈtachable adjective able to be detached.
deˈtached adjective1. standing etc apart or by itself. a detached house.
2. not personally involved or showing no emotion or prejudice. a detached attitude to the problem.
deˈtachment noun1. the state of not being influenced by emotion or prejudice.
2. the act of detaching.
3. a group (especially of soldiers). A detachment was sent to guard the supplies.
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detach
v. separar, desprender, despegar; desprenderse; soltarse.
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