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   detach

   /dɪˈtatʃ/

   verb

   • 1. disengage (something or part of something) and remove it: "he detached the front lamp from its bracket" Similar unfastendisconnectdisengagepartseparateuncoupleremovelooseloosenuntieunhitchundounhookunbuttonunzipunclickfreeseverpull offcut offclip offhack offchop offprune offnip offtear offbreak offstrip offdisuniterare:disjoinOpposite attach
   • ▪ be easily removable: "the screen detaches from the keyboard"
   • 2. leave or separate oneself from (a group or place): "a figure in brown detached itself from the shadows" Similar freeseparatesegregatemove awaywalk awaymove offsplit offleaveabandondissociatedivorcealienateseparatesegregateisolatecut offdelinkbreak awaybecome estrangeddisaffiliatedefectleavequitwithdraw fromsecede frombreak withpart company withsever connections withbreak off relations withreach a parting of the waysinformal:bust upOpposite joinassociatejoin
   • 3. (of a group of soldiers or ships) be sent on a separate mission: "our crew were detached to Tabuk for the exercise"

   Word Origin late 16th century (in the sense ‘discharge a gun’): from French détacher, earlier destacher, from des- (expressing reversal) + attacher ‘attach’.

   Scrabble Points: 12

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