Definition of detach
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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.
Recent Examples of detach from the Web
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And his savvy choice of No I.D. — who worked on much of Vince Staples’ boundary-pushing 2015 album Summertime ’06 — as the project’s producer guarantees that 4:44 isn’t completely detached from modern hip-hop.
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From the outside, the suite appears detached from the main house and partially hovers above the entrance.
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My doctor had to stick his entire arm in me and detach the placenta with his hand, scraping it away from my uterus with his fingernails.
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Do these moves reflect common sense, hands-off management – or a White House that’s too detached from important military decisions?
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Like other machines in the hybrid PC market, the Surface Book’s 13.5-inch touchscreen detaches from its mechanical-and-magnetic grip to become a take-anywhere Windows 10 tablet.
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About 4,000 tons of rock detached from a cliff on Monday, blocking El Portal Road, park spokesman Scott Gediman said.
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The estate zoning supports low-density detached single-family housing and encourages retaining and enhancing sensitive environmental and scenic features.
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After several attempts, the endeavor had to be canceled after one of the covers got detached from the frame and broke, damaging the propellers.
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Origin and Etymology of detach
French détacher, from Old French destachier, from des- de- + -tachier (as in atachier to attach)
DETACH Defined for English Language Learners
detach
playDefinition of detach for English Language Learners
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: to separate (something) from something larger
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: to separate (yourself) from someone or something
DETACH Defined for Kids
detach
playDefinition of detach for Students
detached
;detaching
: to separate from something else or from others especially for a purpose The hood detaches from the jacket.
detachable
\-ə-bəl\ adjectiveLearn More about detach
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See words that rhyme with detach Spanish Central: Translation of detach Nglish: Translation of detach for Spanish speakers Britannica English: Translation of detach for Arabic speakers
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