DETACH Synonyms: 146 Similar and Opposite Words

detach

verb

Definition of detach

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 The team also solved issues caused by strong magnetic attraction, enabling robots to detach reliably when commanded. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026 Valya volunteers to detach Venera 7’s bathysphere, knowing that he’ll be pulled toward Venus, and will certainly die there. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 July 2026 Bond has always been an intriguing vessel; by design, the spy is detached and isolated, a character who can disappear into the shadows and emerge totally fixated on a new mission with his past loves and losses brushed off with ease. — Emily Maskell, IndieWire, 10 July 2026 The incident allegedly happened over North Macedonia, and was reportedly caused due to a window on the aircraft being broken by a piece of debris that detached from one of the plane’s engines, AFP reported citing Greek media. — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 10 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for detach

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Hanaway’s office filed a petition to remove Johnston from office, alleging misconduct, according to a news release from the attorney general’s office.

— Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2026
The star’s daughter Zahara, 21, and son Maddox, 24, are both seeking to remove Pitt from their legal names, according to court documents filed in California.

— Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 16 July 2026

Definition of remove

Verb

Japan’s government separated the two traditions of Shinto and Buddhism in 1868 during the Meiji era, effectively bringing Shinto shrines under state control and placing the emperor at the center of the new order.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026
Knowing their days of bloodline privilege are numbered, the German and the French aristocrat bond, their class affinities binding them more tightly than the uniforms that separate them.

— Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 18 July 2026

Definition of separate

Verb

Lydia Kiesling’s Mobility attempts something at once more traditional and more ambitious, exploring how a young woman tries to disentangle herself from the oil industry’s poisonous tendrils.

— Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
The unique shape of these events meant that signals from wakes could be more easily disentangled from surrounding noise.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of disentangle

Verb

Instead, the county approved a four-site plan that excludes Midland while also eliminating Sunday voting — another issue that had divided the board during lengthy negotiations.

— Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026
Nolan divides the sacking of Troy into two lengthy sequences, both shot under cover of darkness but edited (by Jennifer Lame) with a magisterial clarity.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 17 July 2026

Definition of divide

Verb

When asked if the lawsuits involving Davis’ fees would be withdrawn, a spokesperson for Grapevine-Colleyville said the school board is reviewing the invoices, and the district couldn’t speculate before that process is complete.

— Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026
The reforms include winding down mRNA vaccine development, withdrawing funding for an international vaccine alliance and tightening access to COVID shots.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 16 July 2026

Definition of withdraw

Verb

Having split his rehab between his native Australia and the States, Toohey remained in touch with his Warriors teammates and the team’s medical staff, even if their ability to help him was limited after the Warriors waived him in December.

— Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 15 July 2026
Using that Ducato model as its starting point, Westfalia splits it into three separate levels.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 July 2026

Definition of split

Verb

More broadly, Iran’s attacks have also punctured confidence and security in the Gulf, disrupting tourism and air travel in a key global transport node, and prompting some expats to flee.

— Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
Lassally was born in Hamburg, Germany, in 1932 to a Jewish family that later had to flee to the Netherlands with the rise of Nazi Germany.

— Michael Schneider, Variety, 20 July 2026

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