Synonyms of detach

detach

verb

1

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.

Related Words

• remove
• divide
• separate
• split
• resolve
• disconnect
• disassociate
• dissociate
• disengage
• sever
• decouple
• uncouple
• pull
• disentangle
• disjoin
• part
• disunite
• unlink
• dissever
• untie
• unfasten
• isolate
• ramify
• divorce
• unravel
• sunder
• segregate
• tear
• rend
• rip
• disjoint
• insulate
• break up
• rupture
• unyoke
• disassemble
• dissolve
• seclude
• disintegrate
• cut off
• decompose
• fracture
• rift
• dissect
• bifurcate
• rive
• subdivide
• partition
• fragment
• fractionate
• segment
• cleave
• bisect
• break
• quarter
• sequester
• dichotomize
• halve
• penetrate
• cut
• break down
• lacerate
• perforate
• trisect
• fractionalize
• incise
• slash
• slit
• puncture
• notch
• fragmentize
• fragmentate
• gash

Dissimilar Words

• combine
• connect
• assemble
• mix
• attach
• associate
• blend
• couple
• mingle
• bind
• close
• stick
• accumulate
• fasten
• join
• merge
• consolidate
• weld
• fuse
• knit
• fill
• unite
• link
• unify
• patch
• repair
• heal
• agglutinate
• sew
• cement
• seal
• plug
• mend
• stitch
• suture
• darn

2

as in to disengage

to avoid engaging with or participating in something

They were reticent people, completely detached from social life.

Related Words

• disengage
• disentangle
• withdraw
• flee
• pull away
• shrink
• fly
• recoil
• flinch
• chicken (out)
• abandon
• leave
• evacuate
• depart
• retreat
• vacate
• retire
• back down
• bow out
• recede
• climb down
• quit
• pull out
• backtrack
• fall back
• backpedal
• drop back
• back away
• go

Dissimilar Words

• confront
• face
• dare
• breast
• defy
• brave
• beard
• advance
• brazen
• outbrave

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of detach

Her voice, usually an attention-demanding force, is detached from the throbbing production. — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026

Muhs attributed the dramatic rise to decades of underinvestment in roads but also the mid-April storms that saturated soil and caused the layers of roads to detach from each other. — Alison Dirr, jsonline.com, 20 Sep. 2026

Worries about catastrophe are not universal in the AI industry — many experts working on AI policy, building AI applications or developing hardware see these sorts of fears as overblown, fearmongering or just detached from reality. — Jared Perlo, NBC news, 19 Sep. 2026

But the result has been a military strategy detached from a political strategy—a determination merely to prevent Ukraine’s defeat and impose costs on Russia indefinitely. — Nadia Schadlow, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2026