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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That means hanging out with old friends less, making more of an effort to meet new ones, letting go of some old hobbies to explore new ones, detaching from my hometown and maybe even getting a new job.
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Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
The market rate and affordable homes sit across the street from each other, all designed as single family detached at 1,100 to 1,600 square feet.
—Jennifer Castenson, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Creator Mae Martin’s eight-episode mystery-thriller is certainly concerned about our teens, but the dedication to those worries ebbs and flows much like the tone shifts from detached to sympathetic.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2025
However, by 1999, both glaciers retreated and the northern tongue of the Alsek Glacier detached from a narrow island, exposing the glacier's terminus to more calving, Pelto noted.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
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Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
The market rate and affordable homes sit across the street from each other, all designed as single family detached at 1,100 to 1,600 square feet.
—Jennifer Castenson, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Creator Mae Martin’s eight-episode mystery-thriller is certainly concerned about our teens, but the dedication to those worries ebbs and flows much like the tone shifts from detached to sympathetic.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2025
However, by 1999, both glaciers retreated and the northern tongue of the Alsek Glacier detached from a narrow island, exposing the glacier's terminus to more calving, Pelto noted.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 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 15 Sep. 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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