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as in to remove
to take (something) away from or off of something else to which it is joined
Detach the lower portion of the invoice and send it back with your payment.
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as in to disengage
to avoid engaging with or participating in something
They were reticent people, completely detached from social life.
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Recent Examples of detach
Instead of destroying the molecules (which is what most people thought would happen), the beam caused the hydrogens to detach and the carbons to link up, thereby slowly building up a diamond lattice.
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Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2025
Speaking of Nintendo’s console, the Legion Go 2 can also still detach its controllers.
—Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
My trick with this set is to detach the plant from the base, then gently run over the base, leaves, and petals with a dusting cloth.
—Izzy Baskette, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Just detach the popcorn distributor from its base for a quick wash, and you're set for another evening of movie magic.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2025
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Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2025
Speaking of Nintendo’s console, the Legion Go 2 can also still detach its controllers.
—Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
My trick with this set is to detach the plant from the base, then gently run over the base, leaves, and petals with a dusting cloth.
—Izzy Baskette, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Just detach the popcorn distributor from its base for a quick wash, and you're set for another evening of movie magic.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for detach
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By removing color, the focus shifts to texture, light, gesture, and gaze — emphasizing the nuances of connection and the multiplicity of what love can look like beyond normative, romanticized ideals.—
Caterina De Biasio,
Vogue,
11 Sep. 2025
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Social media platforms, including YouTube and X, have begun removing videos of the attack.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Determining when a shift-change in persona vectors is taking place, such that an engaged persona vector is being disengaged, and a different persona vector is being engaged instead.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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So, for example, the Republicans who have the highest racial resentment against Black Americans are the most likely to be morally disengaged from Democrats.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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But that isn’t separating Texans from their steaks.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Sep. 2025
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Gray loves Catrice Hyper Lash Mascara, which separates lashes for definition, length, volume, and curl.—
Ariana Yaptangco,
Glamour,
10 Sep. 2025
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Claude can’t disentangle her years-ago affair with Mathias from feelings of self-recrimination and guilt, and seesaws between anger and seduction.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025
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The Justice Department has disavowed its role in his indictment, which led to a four-month stay in a minimum-security prison, but Navarro argued the department cannot disentangle itself from the charge that led to his imprisonment.—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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While Towanda plans the wedding of her dreams, the family is rocked by medical emergencies, explosive emotional confrontations, and the fallout from a public scandal that threatens to divide them for good.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The conflict between Israel and Palestine was dividing friends, sparking tensions, and fueling rising acts of hostility.—
Rchin Bari,
Boston Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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Duncan even contemplated mounting a third-party challenge to Trump as a No Labels candidate last year before withdrawing his name from consideration.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
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The Biden administration had weighed withdrawing antitrust immunity for the joint venture, which began in 2016.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
16 Sep. 2025
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The Anderson classification system for turf toe is split into three grades.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
15 Sep. 2025
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Plans also call for remodeling the existing southern section into 3,700 square feet of additional commercial space, split evenly between two storefronts.—
Adrienne Davis,
jsonline.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Following its defeat by Communist Party forces in the Chinese Civil War, the Chinese Nationalist movement, led by Chiang Kai-shek, fled to the island in 1949 as a government in exile.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
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In six months, the site has grown from 600 people fleeing gang attacks in nearby Delmas 30 to 5,000 people from all over the capital, sheltering in packed government offices and makeshift shacks.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Detach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detach. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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