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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Demoff has seemed detached from Denver since his hiring in 2024.
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Troy Renck, Denver Post, 11 June 2026
Too often, America still treats oral health as an afterthought—segregated from medicine, detached from justice, and absent from too much of health policy.
—Jean Paul Laurent, Time, 11 June 2026
Rise to prominence O’Hare lies several miles northwest of Chicago’s urban core, a location that could have created complications for municipal control, as Illinois law does not favor exclaves (areas geographically detached from the rest of a municipality).
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 June 2026
Over the past year, Smith has often appeared increasingly detached from the content.
—Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2026
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Troy Renck, Denver Post, 11 June 2026
Too often, America still treats oral health as an afterthought—segregated from medicine, detached from justice, and absent from too much of health policy.
—Jean Paul Laurent, Time, 11 June 2026
Rise to prominence O’Hare lies several miles northwest of Chicago’s urban core, a location that could have created complications for municipal control, as Illinois law does not favor exclaves (areas geographically detached from the rest of a municipality).
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 June 2026
Over the past year, Smith has often appeared increasingly detached from the content.
—Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 June 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 13 Jun. 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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