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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Comfortable without being detached.
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The Caerus mount can be detached for remote single-operator use by other AC’s (Assistant Camera Operators) if the chair user cannot operate both the camera and wheelchair concurrently.
—Shirl Leigh
march 02, New Atlas, 2 Mar. 2026
In 1965, the British detached the Chagos islands from Mauritius, then named the archipelago as the British Indian Ocean Territory.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2026
The small metal wire bristles can detach from the brush, sticking to the grill grates and possibly getting stuck in your food.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 26 Feb. 2026
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Sponsored Content, Denver Post, 6 Mar. 2026
The Caerus mount can be detached for remote single-operator use by other AC’s (Assistant Camera Operators) if the chair user cannot operate both the camera and wheelchair concurrently.
—Shirl Leigh
march 02, New Atlas, 2 Mar. 2026
In 1965, the British detached the Chagos islands from Mauritius, then named the archipelago as the British Indian Ocean Territory.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2026
The small metal wire bristles can detach from the brush, sticking to the grill grates and possibly getting stuck in your food.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 26 Feb. 2026
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 12 Mar. 2026.
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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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