detached; detaching; detaches
1
: to separate especially from a larger mass and usually without violence or damage
Examples of detach in a Sentence
Detach the upper part of the form and return it with your payment.
During the accident the trailer was detached from the car.
The brush detaches from the vacuum cleaner for easy cleaning.
It can be difficult to detach yourself from the chaos of the situation.
She has been trying to detach herself from an abusive relationship.
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Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 18 June 2025
Two legislative leaders, Perez and Senate President Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, and their key staff members, oversaw reams of spending decisions while most lawmakers were back home in their districts, totally detached from it all.
—Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 14 June 2025
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Never one to hold back, Jim Chanos views Strategy’s valuation as detached from reality.
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Hair also continued to have significance and power even when it was detached from the body—preserved, perhaps, in a book or locket—because the strands of hair themselves functioned as a synecdoche for their owner.
—Literary Hub, 9 June 2025
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Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 18 June 2025
Two legislative leaders, Perez and Senate President Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, and their key staff members, oversaw reams of spending decisions while most lawmakers were back home in their districts, totally detached from it all.
—Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 14 June 2025
Chanos And Saylor: My Take On Bitcoin, Valuation, And Reality
Never one to hold back, Jim Chanos views Strategy’s valuation as detached from reality.
—Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025
Hair also continued to have significance and power even when it was detached from the body—preserved, perhaps, in a book or locket—because the strands of hair themselves functioned as a synecdoche for their owner.
—Literary Hub, 9 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for detach
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“Detach.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/detach. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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detach
verb
de·tach
di-ˈtach 
: to separate especially from a larger mass and usually without violence or damage
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